Peter Kálnai
Senior Malware Researcher at ESET
Prague Metropolitan Area Czechia
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Top SchoolPeter Kálnai is a Senior Malware Researcher at ESET with nine years of hands-on experience dissecting threats and building tooling to accelerate malware hunting. He holds a PhD in Algebra from Charles University in Prague, applying deep mathematical rigor—especially from number theory and logic—to reverse engineering and malware analysis. Previously he advanced through roles at AVAST and ESET, moving from malware analyst to senior researcher while contributing to community resources like Malpedia. Based in Prague, he blends academic research instincts with practical detection engineering, often turning abstract mathematical insights into concrete analytic techniques.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Algebra, Number Theory and Mathematical Logic, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Algebra, Number Theory and Mathematical Logic at Charles University in Prague
Github Skills (7)
cybersecurity10
threat-intelligence10
malware10
yara10
threat-hunting9
banking7
volatility5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
eset/volatility-browserhooks
Oct 2017 - Dec 2018
Contributions:14 commits, 13 pushes in 1 year 2 months
trojansperformedbankingdetectplugin-framework
pkalnai/VolUtility
Dec 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:14 pushes in 10 months
webappvolatilityvolatility-framework
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