Valsmith has been involved in the computer security community and industry for over ten years. He currently works as a professional security researcher on a variety of problems in the security community. He specializes in penetration testing (over 40,000 machines assessed), reverse engineering and malware research. He has worked on the Metasploit Project development team as well as other vulnerability development efforts. Most recently Val Smith founded Attack Research[6] which is devoted to deep understanding of the mechanics of computer attack. Previously Val Smith founded a public, open source malware research project.