Valerio Lupi

Current

Senior Software Engineer at T.E.4I.

Past

Senior Software Engineer at Zeta Reticuli
Software Consultant at HbGary
Software Architect at Secure-Edge

Software Architect at Primeur Group SRL
External software consultant at C-Dilla / Macrovision
Writer at Apogeo Editore

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Education

Università di Pisa
Istituto Tecnico Commericale "Calamandrei", Livorno

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Industry

Computer & Network Security

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Valerio Lupi’s Summary

Primary role as Windows Kernel Mode Driver developer (Network, Filesystems, Filters, ....) using NT/WDM/WDK platforms.

Fluent in c, c++, .NET, x86 asm, fast learning curve on new platforms / languages.

Strong reverse engineering background, published many articles on rootkit technologies at http://www.rootkit.com under the nickname "valerino", some of which really innovative for the times being published :

http://www.rootkit.com/newsread.php?newsid=259 ( Execute usermode code in kernel directly, using Asynchronous Procedure Calls (APC) )

http://www.rootkit.com/newsread.php?newsid=416 ( Kernelmode sockets library, implemented using Transport Driver Interface (TDI) )

.....and many others, especially focused on hiding rootkits from detectors. These articles were of interest especially for companies developing antirootkits technologies / antiviruses / personal firewalls.

Apart from the Windows kernel mode stuff, i've been involved in many multiplatform projects like windows<->linux porting and writing portable code among various platforms.

I also worked on many projects using perl, C# and the .NET platform (GUI design).

I use to work from home (moving from time to time for team meetings) and can manage small groups of co-developers.

Valerio Lupi’s Specialties:

Kernel mode driver developing on all the Windows NT OS range (NT/2k/2k3/XP/Vista/Windows7/....)
All kind of developing on the Windows platform (including .NET applications).
Multiplatform portable programming using ANSI/C.

Valerio Lupi’s Experience

Senior Software Engineer

T.E.4I.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

January 2003 — Present (6 years 7 months)

Kernel driver development for custom surveillance systems on Windows NT/2k/XP/Vista platform.

http://www.te4i.com
Senior Software Engineer

Zeta Reticuli

(Privately Held; Computer & Network Security industry)

January 2007 — May 2009 (2 years 5 months)

Windows development for custom network security oriented projects

http://www.zetareticuli.it/
Software Consultant

HbGary

(Privately Held; Computer & Network Security industry)

April 2007 — April 2007 (1 month)

Kernel development on Windows XP platform

http://www.hbgary.com
El Dorado Hills, CA (USA)
Software Architect

Secure-Edge

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

January 2002 — January 2003 (1 year 1 month)

Windows kernel mode driver development

http://www.secure-edge.com/
Software Architect

Primeur Group SRL

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

January 1998 — January 2001 (3 years 1 month)

Written the Windows multithreaded core part of Spazio File Transfer and several other tools for the Spazio platform (included a virtual file system and file system filter driver)

Built the installation packages for most of the Primeur products using Windows Installer technology.

http://www.primeur.com
External software consultant

C-Dilla / Macrovision

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

January 1998 — January 1998 (1 month)

Worked as tester (reverse-engineering focused on cracking the protection) for the protection C-Dilla/Safedisc, widely used in commercial games/application. The research helped in making the protection stronger and more resistant to crackers attacks.

http://www.macrovision.com
Writer

Apogeo Editore

(Privately Held; Computer & Network Security industry)

January 1997 — January 1997 (1 month)

Contributed in the writing of the book "Spaghetti Hacker", providing a chapter on the cracking/reverse engineering scene on c64/amiga/pc at the times of writing (under the pseudonime "X.").

http://www.apogeonline.com/libri/88-7303-359-8/scheda

Valerio Lupi’s Education

Università di Pisa

No , Biology , 1994 — 1999

19 exams out of 29 during the years 1994-1999. Quit when i got my first full-time job in the IT field (no more time for studying).
Istituto Tecnico Commericale "Calamandrei", Livorno

1988 — 1993

Accountancy/Computer Science diploma, final vote : 52/60