Specialist - CyberSecurity

Role Malware RE Researcher

Roles and responsibilities

Perform static and dynamic malware analysis

Knowledge of static and dynamic signatures

Reversing skills are added advantage

Document the findings and providing categorization to filesapplication based on verdict

Make good timely and practical decisions with moderate uncertainty or pressure on a consistent basis

Additional skills needed apart from the above mentioned as part of Malware

Malware Analysis and Reversing

Reverse Engineering skills familiar with debuggers disassemblers network protocols file formats sandboxes hardwarefirmware internals software communication mechanisms

Classification clustering and labelling of Malware

Knowledge of Advanced Techniques of Malware Analysis

Knowledge of Malware kill chain and MITRE ATTCK techniques and tactics

Basic Knowledge of EDR IDS and IPS

Knowledge of AV evasion techniques and Pen testing tools like Veil equal rank PowerShell Empire Meterpreter Unicorn Cactus Torch and Any other similar tools

Additionally Experience with advanced persistent threats human adversary compromises and incident response

Excellent crossgroup and interpersonal skills with the ability to articulate business need for detection improvements

Strong ability to use data to tell a story

Strong knowledge of MacOS Android or iOS operating system internals and modern security problems

Excellent analytical skills and ability to identify patterns and trends

Strong research skills data knowledge and ability to analyze and present complex data in a meaningful way

Strong understanding of Cyber Security modern security problems and threat landscape Operating Systems internals computer networking concepts

Strong understanding of computer security andor threat landscape

Qualifications

Should be able to perform Malware Analysis for PE and NonPE files

Familiarity with some or all these tools Procmon Procexp Autoruns Sysmon and other Sysinternal tools regshot or similar snapshot tools Wireshark or Fiddler or similar network monitoring tools OlgDBG and IDA Pro tools

Strong knowledge of file analysis with exposure to different file types

Strong understanding of computer security andor threat landscape

Experience in analyzing large amounts of data

Good communication skills and an eye for detail and the ability to document analysis and findings

Able to be selfdriven and work autonomously