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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Cloud Atlas activity in the second half of 2025 and early 2026: new tools and a new payload
Cloud Atlas attacks the public sector and diplomatic structures of Russia and Belarus, using ReverseSocks, SSH, and Tor for persistence in infected systems and its new tool, PowerCloud.
Kimsuky targets organizations with PebbleDash-based tools
Kaspersky researchers analyze a range of new PebbleDash-based tools used in recent Kimsuky campaigns and reveal their connection to the AppleSeed malware cluster.
OceanLotus suspected of using PyPI to deliver ZiChatBot malware
Kaspersky researchers uncovered malicious wheel packages in PyPI that targeted both Windows and Linux and contained a dropper delivering malware dubbed ZiChatBot. We attribute this activity to OceanLotus APT.
HoneyMyte updates CoolClient and deploys multiple stealers in recent campaigns
Kaspersky researchers analyze updated CoolClient backdoor and new tools and scripts used in HoneyMyte (aka Mustang Panda or Bronze President) APT campaigns, including three variants of a browser data stealer.
