Publications.
Research publications, conference papers, and industry reports by Itay Cohen
A collection of my authored research publications, conference papers, and industry threat intelligence reports.
2025
- Conference Paper When Avatars Come Alive: Understanding Hybrid Threat Actors
- Research Publication AdaptixC2: A New Open-Source Framework Leveraged in Real-World Attacks
2024
- Conference Paper & Research Publication Modern Approach to Attributing Hacktivist Groups
2023
- Conference Paper Darkbit Decoded: Analysis of an Iranian-Sponsored Attack
- Conference Paper & Research Publication The Dragon Who Sold His Camaro: Analyzing Custom Router Implant
2022
- Conference Paper & Research Publication EvilPlayout: Attack Against Iran’s State Broadcaster
2021
- Research Publication Indra — Hackers Behind Recent Attacks on Iran
- Research Publication IndigoZebra APT continues to attack Central Asia with evolving tools
- Research Publication The Story of Jian - How APT31 Stole and Used an Unknown Equation Group 0-Day
2020
- Research Publication SUNBURST, TEARDROP and the NetSec New Normal
- Research Publication Bandook: Signed & Delivered
- Research Publication Pay2Key Ransomware Alert
- Research Publication Exploit Developer Spotlight: The Story of PlayBit
- Conference Paper & Research Publication Graphology of an Exploit - Hunting for exploits by looking for the author's fingerprints
- Research Publication Nazar: Spirits of the Past
- Research Publication Vicious Panda: The COVID Campaign
2019
- Research Publication Mapping the connections inside Russia's APT Ecosystem
- Conference Presentation Cutter: The radare2 GUI
- Research Publication Deobfuscating APT32 Flow Graphs with Cutter and Radare2
2018
- Research Publication The Evolution of BackSwap
- Research Publication A Targeted Campaign Break-Down - Ryuk Ransomware
