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title: Business Insights Cybersecurity Blog by Bitdefender | Victor Vrabie
description: Victor Vrabie is Senior Security Researcher at Bitdefender specializing in digital forensics and reverse engineering, with extensive experience in analyzing complex threats, uncovering hidden attack vectors, and conducting in-depth investigations.
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## Victor Vrabie

Victor Vrabie is Senior Security Researcher at Bitdefender specializing in digital forensics and reverse engineering, with extensive experience in analyzing complex threats, uncovering hidden attack vectors, and conducting in-depth investigations.

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## Recent Posts

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 May 13, 2026

## [FamousSparrow APT Targets Azerbaijani Oil and Gas Industry](https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/famoussparrow-apt-targets-azerbaijani-oil-gas-industry?hsLang=en-us)

I'd like to thank my co-author, Martin Zugec, for his valuable contributions to this report.

<https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/curly-comrades-evasion-persistence-hidden-hyper-v-virtual-machines?hsLang=en-us>

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 Nov 04, 2025

## [Curly COMrades: Evasion and Persistence via Hidden Hyper-V Virtual Machines](https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/curly-comrades-evasion-persistence-hidden-hyper-v-virtual-machines?hsLang=en-us)

I'd like to thank my coauthors Adrian Schipor and Martin Zugec for their invaluable ...

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## [Curly COMrades: A New Threat Actor Targeting Geopolitical Hotbeds](https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/curly-comrades-new-threat-actor-targeting-geopolitical-hotbeds?hsLang=en-us)

This research from Bitdefender Labs details a cluster of malicious activity we've been ...

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