Security Researcher Internship Opportunity
This internship provides a unique chance to gain hands-on experience in cybersecurity research and analysis. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on various projects, develop skills in malware analysis, and collaborate with a team of experts.
* The intern will assist in research projects, developing processes, defining priorities, following deadlines, delivering material, and sharing it with the right teams.
* They will analyze and understand malicious code, including Windows PE, .Net, OLE2, JS, VBS, HTML, PDF, SWF, ELF.
* The intern will also keep up-to-date with the latest malware threats affecting customers and communicate with clients about adding detections.
* Participating in the development of unit's recommended practices and standards, assumes responsibility for accomplishing group goals.
* Suggesting ideas to be implemented in company products, prototyping development; imagining and developing prototypes or new detection technologies.
* Content creation; analyzing and describing malicious programs (malware), on threat intel reports and documentation on various topics.
* Presenting about IT security to wide audiences (customers, internal sales, etc...).
* Monitoring, analysis, and understanding of malware trends at local, regional, and global levels.
* Travel to conferences to give presentations is optional, but always encouraged.
Requirements and Qualifications
* Strong desire to learn on your own and share research with teammates.
* Interest in malware analysis and security research.
* Knowledge of x86/x64 Intel Assembly (at least 1 year).
* Basic knowledge of WinAPI.
* Using IDA Disassembler, HIEW, OllyDbg, or Windbg to analyze PE files (at least 1 year).
* Executable file analysis skills in a hexadecimal editor (Hiew, 010, etc...).
* Deep knowledge in several fields: mobile device security and mobile malware, statistical analysis, methods of protection against threats, security best practices, polymorphic malware, rootkits/bootkits.
* Knowledge and skills needed to analyze and understand non-standard threats (MacOS X, ICS, SCADA, ARM, QNX, UEFI/BIOS, etc...).
* Good knowledge of file formats (archive, image, sound, video, etc...).
* Some experience in programming languages (Python, C#, C, C++) [At least 1 year in any].
* Fluency in English is Mandatory.
Bonus Requirements
1. Some hobby experience is strongly desired, as we would love to see any blog posts or research you may have done on your own.
2. Good communication skills; work with developers, analysts, researchers, marketing, PR, sales (etc). using