Summary
Luis Miras is a Principal Security Engineer in the Bay Area with nearly two decades of hands-on experience across offensive and defensive security, specializing today in mobile, IoT, and firmware reverse engineering. He leads security at Amazon Lab126, securing devices and cloud integrations for consumer products, and has founded and consulted startups bringing real-world adversary thinking to product security. A prolific researcher and speaker, his work has been featured in major media and presented at BlackHat, DEFCON, RSA and more, and he has authored chapters in well-regarded security books. Unusually, his research spans both deep reverse-engineering exploits (including the noted "muymacho") and practical device-to-cloud threat modeling, giving him a rare blend of exploit development insight and systems-level defense experience.
19 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Engineering, BS Computer Engineering at San José State University