Monnappa K A works for Cisco Systems as an information security investigator focusing on threat intelligence and the investigation of advanced cyber attacks. He is a member of the Black Hat review board, the creator of Limon Linux sandbox, the winner of the Volatility plugin contest 2016, and the co-founder of the Cysinfo cybersecurity research community. He has presented and conducted training sessions at various security conferences including Black Hat, FIRST, OPCDE, and DSCI. He regularly conducts training at the Black Hat Security Conference in USA, Asia, and Europe.
I would like to extend my gratitude to Daniel Cuthbert and Dr. Michael Spreitzenbarth for taking time out of their busy schedule to review the book. Thanks to Sharon Raj, Prashant Chaudhari, Shrilekha Inani, and the rest of the Packt team for their support. Thanks to Michael Scheck, Chris Fry, Scott Heider, and my coworkers at Cisco CSIRT for their encouragement. Thanks to Michael Hale Ligh, Andrew Case, Jamie Levy, Aaron Walters, Matt Suiche, Ilfak Guilfanov, and Lenny Zeltser who have inspired and motivated me with their work. Thanks to Sajan Shetty, Vijay Sharma, Gavin Reid, Levi Gundert, Joanna Kretowicz, Marta Strzelec, Venkatesh Murthy, Amit Malik, and Ashwin Patil for their unending support. Thanks to the authors of other books, websites, blogs, and tools, which have contributed to my knowledge, and therefore this book.