Vlad Craciun Vlad Craciun was born in Piatra Neamt in 1986. He joined Bitdefender Laboratories in early 2009 and since then he has been analysing different types of malware and file infectors. He finished his Master's degree in 2012 at the "Gh. Asachi" technical University of Iasi with a thesis entitled "Advanced binary analysis using complex emulation and branch stuffing techniques". At the moment he's also a Ph.D. student at the "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi, researching the field of symbolic execution and dynamic analysis of possible malware applications. His hobbies include processor design, embedded systems, electronics, psychology, religious cultures and metaphysics.