Eduardo Ovalle
DFIR Group Manager, GERT, America
Eduardo Chavarro Ovalle is the DFIR Group Manager for the Americas for the GERT team. Since 2017, Eduardo has been supporting customers in the Americas to solve all kinds of incidents and events. With the help of his team, he has detected different threats directed to LATAM and shared analysis and recommendations for protection with different companies around the world. He has a degree in telecommunications engineering and owns a master's degree in information security. He specializes in incident response, digital forensics, eDiscovery, and cybersecurity management.Publications
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APT group HoneyMyte upgrades CoolClient: the backdoor gets a kernel-level Windows rootkit
Our experts discovered a new CoolClient backdoor variant with a kernel-mode rootkit driver that hides malicious processes, files, and network connections from security tools and threat analysts.
Armored Likho expands its cyber-espionage toolkit
Kaspersky experts break down a new Armored Likho campaign that poses as a fundraising efforts and delivers a new Still Toolkit aimed at stealing Telegram data and eavesdropping on victims.
Mirage Kitten targets Middle East and Africa region with new malware
Kaspersky researchers reveal previously undocumented malware attributed to Mirage Kitten (UNC1549, Smoke Sandstorm, Nimbus Manticore): NightLedger backdoor, ArcBridge, and BridgeHead tunneling tools.
ToddyCat: your hidden email assistant. Part 2
An in-depth analysis of Umbrij, a new tool used by the ToddyCat APT group to compromise corporate email communications in Gmail. The attack targeted OAuth authorization tokens, allowing threat actors to gain access to Google services.
