Year-End Detection Highlights | December 2024

Patrick Staubmann joined VMRay as a threat researcher back in 2019. As part of the Threat Analysis team, he continuously researches the threat landscape and conducts in-depth analyses of malware samples. To further improve the company’s product, he extends its detection capabilities through behavior-based rules, YARA rules, and configuration extractors. He is especially interested in reverse engineering, low-level system security, and exploitation.

Ertugrul Kara is the Senior Product Marketing Manager for VMRay. With a career spanning over 10 years in cybersecurity, he has seen the advancement of security products from open-source firewalls to automation-powered threat detection technologies following the evolution of the threat landscape. He is currently focused on leading the marketing efforts for VMRay’s security automation solutions while enhancing the alignment between the products and enterprise customer needs. Previously, he has held various roles in early-stage security startups, led product launches and growth strategies, and ran his startup specialized in network security. Ertugrul attended the Middle East Technical University for undergraduate studies where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering.

Fatih is Senior Security Product Manager with over 7 years of experience, currently leading the design, development, and deployment of innovative cybersecurity products. Technical Leader in the area of Cybersecurity focused on working with diverse cross-functional teams to ensure the on-time delivery of next-generation enterprise security solutions.