Kristina Balaam

Staff Security Intelligence Engineer

Kristina is a staff security intelligence engineer at Lookout where she reverse engineers mobile malware. Prior to Lookout, she worked as an application security engineer at Shopify focusing mostly on Android mobile security. Kristina graduated with a bachelor of computer science from McGill University in 2012, and is currently pursuing a master of science in information security engineering from the SANS Institute of Technology. She blogs about computer security on Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube under the handle @chmodxx.

Threat Intelligence

Lookout Discovers Long-running Surveillance Campaigns Targeting Uyghurs

Researchers from Lookout Threat Lab have uncovered two new surveillance campaigns, BadBazaar and MOONSHINE, targeting Uyghurs in the People’s Republic of China and abroad.

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What You Need To Know About the Banking Trojan Anubis

Lookout researchers have discovered a novel distribution of the Anubis Android banking malware masquerading as the official account management application from leading French telecommunications company, Orange S.A.

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Lookout Researchers Take Down Phishing Scams Targeting U.S. Military Families

Lookout Threat Lab researchers looking into phishing campaign that has actively targeted families of United States military personnel. Details inside.

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Rooting Malware Makes a Comeback: Lookout Discovers Global Campaign

Security researchers at the Lookout Threat Labs have identified a new rooting malware distributed on Google Play and prominent third-party stores such as the Amazon Appstore and the Samsung Galaxy Store.

Why We Need More Women in Cybersecurity

As a member of the Lookout threat intelligence team, I’m often asked: “how do I break into the cybersecurity and IT industry?” Here are just a few of my key takeaways from my conversation with Victoria Mosby on Endpoint Enigma.

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New Adware “BeiTaAd” Found Hidden Within Popular Applications in App Store

BeiTaAd is a well-obfuscated advertising plug-in hidden within a number of popular applications in Google Play. Discover more about this mobile threat.

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