Fabian Wosar
Cyber Security Principal Engineer at Coveware
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorFabian Wosar is a low-level software engineer and Cyber Security Principal Engineer with over a decade of experience specializing in malware research, ransomware reverse engineering, and forensic tooling. He led ransomware research at Emsisoft and now drives incident assessment and remediation at Coveware, building backend systems to operationalize threat intelligence at scale. His publicly released decryption tools have enabled millions of victims—including hospitals and schools—to recover data without paying criminals, reflecting a rare blend of deep technical skill and public-impact work. Recently he has shifted toward fast forensic triage and attribution tooling that accelerates breach response across critical infrastructure. Based in Edinburgh, he pairs pragmatic engineering with adversary-focused research—and yes, he works alongside his cats.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
English, German
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Github Skills (78)
windows10
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webextension10
cpp10
linux10
vcpkg10
package-manager10
world-of-warcraft10
discord10
setuptools10
c-library10
swig10
safari9
runner9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
fwosar/move-to-next-screen
Dec 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 1 year 3 months
fwosar/malware-analysis-resources
Mar 2019 - Mar 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 9 days
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