Francisco Perdomo

Francisco is a skilled security professional with a strong background in detection engineering and threat intelligence. With extensive blue team experience, he currently works as a Security Engineer at Google's VirusTotal Research team, where he leverages his operational expertise to investigate malware trends and create insightful technical content. Francisco's background includes roles as a SecOps Engineer, and Professor of Computer Security.

Presentations:

• 2025-08-09 09:00 - DEF CON 33 (2025) - Practical YARA: Crafting Custom Rules for Targeted Malware Defense Workshop
• 2024-08-08 09:00 - DEF CON 32 (2024) - Dissecting Malware for Defense - Crafting Custom Yara Rules Workshop

Copresenters:

• Jae Young Kim
  • 2025-08-09 09:00 - DEF CON 33 (2025) - Practical YARA: Crafting Custom Rules for Targeted Malware Defense Workshop
• Joshua "jstrosch" Stroschein
  • 2025-08-09 09:00 - DEF CON 33 (2025) - Practical YARA: Crafting Custom Rules for Targeted Malware Defense Workshop
• Josh Stroschein
  • 2024-08-08 09:00 - DEF CON 32 (2024) - Dissecting Malware for Defense - Crafting Custom Yara Rules Workshop