Ladislav Baco is a Malware Analyst and he leads R&D team at LIFARS LLC, with more than 10 years of experience in computer security, computer science, and education. During his previous employments, he worked for the Government of EU Country as an analyst in National and Governmental CSIRT Slovakia, with a focus on incident response, malware analysis, and forensic analysis. Later he also led CSIRT's Analytical Department and Department of Cyber Threat Analysis. He also cooperated with multiple Universities in Slovakia on cybersecurity educational programs for students and consulted on their bachelor's and diploma theses. Moreover, Ladislav participated in many famous cybersecurity exercises (such as Cyber Europe by Enisa or Locked Shields and Cyber Coalition organized by NATO CCD COE) and has hands-on experience with real APT and targeted attacks. Currently, Ladislav is focused mainly on incident response, threat hunting, cyber threat analysis, and malware analysis, which includes his own research of famous malware families as well as APT attacks and new approaches of cyber threat remediation.
