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Ilfak Guilfanov (Russian: 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. His unofficial patch was favorably reviewed and widely publicized because no official patch was initially available from Microsoft. 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, 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.

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

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

References

  1. Lemos, Robert (21 February 2006). "Beating Microsoft to the Patch". PC Mag. p. 111.
  2. "GRC | M.I.C.E. Metafile Image Code Execution". Grc.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  3. "Reverse Engineering Malware, Part 3: IDA Pro Introduction – Hackers-Arise". 26 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  4. "Madame de Maintenon tells us everything about IDA 9.0, subscriptions, ownership, and her new appearance". hex-rays.com. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  5. "About us". hex-rays.com. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  6. "Smartfin led consortium acquires Hex-Rays to accelerate product innovation efforts". Help Net Security. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  7. Petrov, Alex (19 October 2022). "A consortium of investors acquires Hex-Rays – Hex Rays". hex-rays.com. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  8. Verduyn, Ludwig (29 September 2023). "NIEUW – Russische Belg Ilfak Guilfanov casht 81 miljoen op Luikse malware specialist". De Rijkste Belgen (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 November 2024.

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