Ilfak Guilfanov Explained

Ilfak Guilfanov (ru|Ильфак Исмагилович Гильфанов, born 12 november 1966) is a Russian software developer, computer security researcher and blogger. He became well known when he issued a free hotfix for the Windows Metafile vulnerability on 31 December 2005.[1] His unofficial patch was favorably reviewed and widely publicized because no official patch was initially available from Microsoft.[2] Microsoft released an official patch on 5 January 2006.

Guilfanov was born in a small village in the Tatarstan Region of Russia in a Volga Tatar family.

He graduated from Moscow State University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.

He is the systems architect and main developer for IDA Pro[3], which is Hex-Rays' commercial version of the Interactive Disassembler Guilfanov created. A freeware version of this reverse engineering tool is also available.

Actually, he lives in Liège, Belgium.

He worked for DataRescue[4] .

In 2005, Guilfanov founded Hex-Rays[5] . In 2020, the income of the company has eclipsed the mark of 20 million euros per year[6] .

In 2022, a consortium of investors Smartfin, SFPIM and SRIW acquired Hex-Rays[7] for 81 million euros[8] .

References

  1. News: Lemos . Robert . February 21, 2006 . Beating Microsoft to the Patch . PC Mag . 111.
  2. Web site: GRC | M.I.C.E. Metafile Image Code Execution . Grc.com . November 7, 2013 . January 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220125002415/https://www.grc.com/wmf/wmf.htm . live .
  3. Web site: 2023-11-26 . Reverse Engineering Malware, Part 3: IDA Pro Introduction – Hackers-Arise . 2024-11-05 . en.
  4. Web site: 2024-10-09 . Madame de Maintenon tells us everything about IDA 9.0, subscriptions, ownership, and her new appearance . 2024-11-05 . hex-rays.com . en-us.
  5. Web site: About us . 2024-11-05 . hex-rays.com . en.
  6. Web site: 2022-10-20 . Smartfin led consortium acquires Hex-Rays to accelerate product innovation efforts . 2024-11-05 . Help Net Security . en-US.
  7. Web site: Petrov . Alex . 2022-10-19 . A consortium of investors acquires Hex-Rays – Hex Rays . 2024-11-05 . hex-rays.com . en-us.
  8. Web site: Verduyn . Ludwig . 2023-09-29 . NIEUW – Russische Belg Ilfak Guilfanov casht 81 miljoen op Luikse malware specialist . 2024-11-05 . De Rijkste Belgen . nl-NL.

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