Joxean Koret
Overview
Joxean Koret is a Spanish computer-security researcher whose work has covered reverse engineering, malware analysis, and vulnerability research. Conference biographies describe a progression from database development and administration into security research.
His research applied database knowledge to finding vulnerabilities in major vendors' products, particularly Oracle software. He also worked on anti-malware development and on IDA Pro at Hex-Rays, placing him close to tools used by many software-security researchers.
Koret has shared work through conferences and technical communities. In 2020 he co-authored Mystique, presented in Black Hat Arsenal, a project focused on post-exploitation communications and exfiltration; its inclusion here records the research context, not an endorsement of misuse.
Timeline
- c. 2004Begins focused security research after investigating Oracle security advisories.
- 2010Receives recognition in the Hex-Rays Plugin Contest.
- 2014Discusses his reverse-engineering and vulnerability-research path in a Deusto security-lab interview.
- 2020Co-authors Mystique, presented at Black Hat Arsenal USA.
- 2023EuskalHack biography describes roughly two decades of work across reversing, malware analysis, and research.
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 2000s-Present
- Known for
- Discovering vulnerabilities in database products, especially Oracle software; Reverse-engineering and malware-analysis research; Work on IDA Pro at Hex-Rays; Co-authoring the Mystique post-exploitation and exfiltration tool
- Key date
- c. 2004
- Tags
- reverse engineering, malware analysis, database security, vulnerability research, Hex-Rays