Fabio Assolini
Head of Research Center, Americas and Europe, Global Research & Analysis Team
Fabio Assolini is a director of Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team in Latin America. Fabio joined Kaspersky’s Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT), which boasts the industry’s top analysts, in July 2009 to primarily focus on one of the most dynamic countries in Latin America: Brazil. Fabio’s responsibilities include the analysis of viruses, cyberattacks, banking trojans and other types of malware that originate from Brazil and the rest of the region. He particularly focuses on the research and the detection of banking trojans. In November 2012, he was promoted to senior security researcher. Fabio has more than 10 years of experience as a malware analyst and possesses a BSc in Computer Science.Publications
Reports
The HoneyMyte APT evolves with a kernel-mode rootkit and a ToneShell backdoor
Kaspersky discloses a 2025 HoneyMyte (aka Mustang Panda or Bronze President) APT campaign, which uses a kernel-mode rootkit to deliver and protect a ToneShell backdoor.
Evasive Panda APT poisons DNS requests to deliver MgBot
Kaspersky GReAT experts analyze the Evasive Panda APT’s infection chain, including shellcode encrypted with DPAPI and RC5, as well as the MgBot implant.
Cloud Atlas activity in the first half of 2025: what changed
Kaspersky expert describes new malicious tools employed by the Cloud Atlas APT, including implants of their signature backdoors VBShower, VBCloud, PowerShower, and CloudAtlas.
Operation ForumTroll continues: Russian political scientists targeted using plagiarism reports
Kaspersky’s GReAT experts have uncovered a new wave of cyberattacks by the ForumTroll APT group, targeting Russian political scientists and delivering the Tuoni framework to their devices.
