Maël Le Touz is a Staff Threat Researcher at Infoblox where he specializes in the detection of threats as they manifest in the domain name system (DNS). His background is in financial fraud investigation, and he has strong experience in reverse engineering. He reverse engineered critical components of the Decoy Dog malware that confirmed the DNS C2 was distinct from the open source Pupy project. He recently focused his research on the Chinese speaking landscape, contributing to the discovery of VIgorish VIper and other criminal syndicates dealing in gambling, malware, scams, and trafficking. He was a speaker at several events including Black Hat, Infosecurity and Les Assises.
