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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.
By Fabio AssoliniThis is the description of an attack happening in Brazil since 2011 using 1 firmware vulnerability, 2 malicious scripts and 40 malicious DNS servers, which affected 6 hardware manufacturers, resulting in millions of Brazilian internet users falling victim to a sustained and silent mass attack on DSL modems.
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