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
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.
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.
