SophosLabs Principal Researcher Andrew Brandt blends a 20-year journalism background with deep, retrospective analysis of malware infections, ransomware, and cyberattacks as the editor of SophosLabs Uncut. His work with the Labs team helps Sophos protect its global customers, and alerts the world about notable criminal behavior and activity, whether it's normal or novel. Follow him at @threatresearch on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news about all things malicious.

He is also:

Operator of the world's first fully solar-powered malware research lab.

A honeypot wrangler.

Threat actor disruption specialist.

Retromalware hobbyist.