Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé

Senior Malware Researcher


Education: Software Engineering student at École de Technologie supérieure

Highlights of your career? Winning the first Péter Szőr award for our research on Operation Windigo.

Position and history at ESET? Malware Researcher since January 2012

What malware do you hate the most? Malware that steals money or destroys documents

Favorite activities? Photography, Cycling, Playing the clarinet

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? I remember playing with the TI-99 of my grandfather, but this first one I broke was his 486SX by editing the config.sys file incorrectly.

Favorite computer game/activity? CTF competitions


30 articles by Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé

ESET research

Connecting the dots: Exposing the arsenal and methods of the Winnti Group

Connecting the dots: Exposing the arsenal and methods of the Winnti Group

ESET research

Connecting the dots: Exposing the arsenal and methods of the Winnti Group

New ESET white paper released describing updates to the malware arsenal and campaigns of this group known for its supply-chain attacks

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé and Mathieu Tartare14 Oct 20196 min. read


ESET research

Gaming industry still in the scope of attackers in Asia

Gaming industry still in the scope of attackers in Asia

ESET research

Gaming industry still in the scope of attackers in Asia

Asian game developers again targeted in supply-chain attacks distributing malware in legitimately signed software

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé11 Mar 20196 min. read


ESET research

The Dark Side of the ForSSHe

The Dark Side of the ForSSHe

ESET research

The Dark Side of the ForSSHe

ESET researchers discovered a set of previously undocumented Linux malware families based on OpenSSH. In the white paper, “The Dark Side of the ForSSHe”, they release analysis of 21 malware families to improve the prevention, detection and remediation of such threats

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé05 Dec 20187 min. read


ESET research

VestaCP compromised in a new supply-chain attack

VestaCP compromised in a new supply-chain attack

ESET research

VestaCP compromised in a new supply-chain attack

Customers see their admin credentials stolen and their servers infected with Linux/ChachaDDoS

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé18 Oct 20187 min. read


ESET research

Inside fake Interac transfer and tax refund SMS phishing

Inside fake Interac transfer and tax refund SMS phishing

ESET research

Inside fake Interac transfer and tax refund SMS phishing

It’s tax season in Canada and scammers are using fake tax refund forms to lure victims into supplying their personal information via phishing pages

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé09 May 20186 min. read


Cybercrime

ESET research team assists FBI in Windigo case – Russian citizen sentenced to 46 months

ESET research team assists FBI in Windigo case – Russian citizen sentenced to 46 months

Cybercrime

ESET research team assists FBI in Windigo case – Russian citizen sentenced to 46 months

Relating the collaboration between ESET experts and the FBI about the Windigo's operation, which ended with the sentencing of Maxim Senakh.

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé30 Oct 20175 min. read


ESET research

Bad Rabbit: Not-Petya is back with improved ransomware

Bad Rabbit: Not-Petya is back with improved ransomware

ESET research

Bad Rabbit: Not-Petya is back with improved ransomware

A new ransomware outbreak today has hit some major infrastructure in Ukraine including Kiev metro. Here are some details about this new variant of Petya.

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé24 Oct 20174 min. read


ESET research

Birthday Reminder looks benign but the devil’s in the details: Hooks DNS, serves dodgy ads

Birthday Reminder looks benign but the devil’s in the details: Hooks DNS, serves dodgy ads

ESET research

Birthday Reminder looks benign but the devil’s in the details: Hooks DNS, serves dodgy ads

The strange behavior of a simple Windows application caught our attention and sparked the analysis by ESET of a previously undocumented malware.

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé22 Jun 201723 min. read


ESET research

New crypto-ransomware hits macOS

New crypto-ransomware hits macOS

ESET research

New crypto-ransomware hits macOS

This last month we have seen a new ransomware for Mac. Written in Swift, it is distributed on BitTorrent distribution site as “Patcher” for pirating popular software.

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé22 Feb 20175 min. read