# Alex Matrosov

> Alex Matrosov is a security researcher, coauthor of Rootkits and Bootkits, and the founder of Binarly. His career includes ESET, Intel, Cylance and NVIDIA, with a focus on reverse engineering, advanced malware and firmware security. Binarly announced his move to its board in March 2026; his public LinkedIn profile now lists him as a member of technical staff at Anthropic.

- **Role:** Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic; Founder and Board Member at Binarly
- **Organizations:** Anthropic, Binarly, NVIDIA, Cylance, Intel, ESET, REhints
- **Education:** Master’s in Information Security (listed by Dealroom), National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Coauthored the 448-page Rootkits and Bootkits with Eugene Rodionov and Sergey Bratus (No Starch Press, 2019)., Shared AVAR 2012 best-presenter recognition for Festi botnet research., Helped develop the open-source HexRaysCodeXplorer plug-in; Black Hat biography records Hex-Rays recognition.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — At ESET’s Moscow research center, shared AVAR best-presenter recognition with Eugene Rodionov for Festi botnet research.
- **Before 2017** — Served as Principal Security Researcher at Intel Security Center of Excellence and led BIOS security for client platforms.
- **2017** — Black Hat USA listed him as Principal Research Scientist at Cylance.
- **2019** — Coauthored Rootkits and Bootkits, published by No Starch Press in May.
- **2020** — As NVIDIA Chief Offensive Security Researcher, delivered a WOOT invited talk on hardware boundaries and platform security.
- **2021** — Founded Binarly.
- **2023** — Presented cross-silicon UEFI research with Alex Ermolov at OffensiveCon; Binarly publicly disclosed LogoFAIL in December.
- **2024** — Binarly announced a $10.5 million seed round, released an XZ backdoor detector and disclosed PKfail.
- **2026-03** — Binarly announced his transition to the board and appointed Gwenyth Castro CEO.
- **2026** — Public LinkedIn and GitHub profiles list Anthropic; LinkedIn identifies his role as Member of Technical Staff.

## Achievements

- Coauthored the 448-page Rootkits and Bootkits with Eugene Rodionov and Sergey Bratus (No Starch Press, 2019).
- Shared AVAR 2012 best-presenter recognition for Festi botnet research.
- Helped develop the open-source HexRaysCodeXplorer plug-in; Black Hat biography records Hex-Rays recognition.
- Founded Binarly in 2021 and led it as CEO before the 2026 board transition.
- Worked with the Binarly team on public firmware supply-chain research including LogoFAIL and PKfail.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Binarly announced Matrosov’s move to its board and Gwenyth Castro’s appointment as CEO.
- **2026-02** — Published LinkedIn articles on machine-speed code, end-of-life components and SBOM quality.
- **2026-10** — Profiles checked for this research list Anthropic on GitHub and Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic on LinkedIn; the exact joining date is not established.

## Links

- Website: https://sbom.tools/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matrosov
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/matrosov
- GitHub: https://github.com/matrosov

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Last updated: 2026-10-13