Nick Harbour is a malware analyst at Mandiant and a seasoned veteran of the reverse-engineering business. His 13-year career in information security began as a computer forensic examiner and researcher at the Department of Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory. For the last six years, Nick has been with Mandiant and has focused primarily on malware analysis. He is a researcher in the field of anti-reverse-engineering techniques, and he has written several packers and code obfuscation tools, such as PE-Scrambler. He has presented at Black Hat and Defcon several times on the topic of anti-reverse-engineering and anti-forensics techniques. He is the primary developer and teacher of a Black Hat Advanced Malware Analysis course.

Lindsey Lack is a technical director at Mandiant with over twelve years of experience in information security, specializing in malware reverse-engineering, network defense, and security operations. He has helped to create and operate a Security Operations Center, led research efforts in network defense, and developed secure hosting solutions. He has previously held positions at the National Information Assurance Research Laboratory, the Executive Office of the President (EOP), Cable and Wireless, and the US Army. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Stanford University, Lindsey has also received a master’s degree in computer science with an emphasis in information assurance from the Naval Postgraduate School.

Jerrold “Jay” Smith is a principal consultant at Mandiant, where he specializes in malware reverse-engineering and forensic analysis. In this role, he has contributed to many incident responses assisting a range of clients from Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining Mandiant, Jay was with the NSA, but he’s not allowed to talk about that. Jay holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree in computer science from Johns Hopkins University.