Nikita Tarakanov is an independent information security researcher. He has worked as an IS researcher in Intel, Positive Technologies, Vupen Security, CISS. Nikita likes writing exploits, especially for Windows NT Kernel. He won the PHDays Hack2Own contest in 2011 and 2012, and he tried to hack Google Chrome during Pwnium 2 but failed. Nikita published a few papers about kernel mode drivers and their exploitation. He is currently engaged in reverse engineering research and vulnerability search automation.

Appearing at:

• Exploitation of Kernel Pool Overflow on Microsoft Windows 10 DKOM/DKOHM is Back in DKOOHM! Direct Kernel Optional Object Header Manipulation

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