Security Researcher Internship Opportunity
We are seeking a highly motivated and technical intern to join our cybersecurity research team. As an intern, you will have the opportunity to assist with various research projects, develop new skills, and contribute to the growth of our team.
About the Role:
* Support on research projects, developing processes, defining priorities, following deadlines, delivering material and sharing with the right teams.
* Define malicious functionality in Windows x86/x64, MSIL, mobile threats, and web-related malware.
* Keep current with the latest malware threats affecting our customers.
* Communicate with clients about adding detections.
* Participate in the development of unit recommended practices and standards, assumes responsibility for accomplishing group goals.
* Suggest ideas to be implemented in company products, prototyping development; imagine and develop prototypes or new detection technologies.
* Create content; analyze and describe malicious programs (malware), on threat intelligence reports and documentation on various topics.
* Present about IT security to wide audiences (customers, internal sales, etc...).
* Monitor, analyze, and understand malware trends at local, regional, and global levels (country, region, world).
* Travel to conferences to give presentations is optional, but always encouraged.
Required Skills 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 of the following fields:
* Mobile device security and mobile malware.
* Statistical analysis.
* 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...).
* Ability to analyze and understand malicious code (Windows PE, .Net, OLE2, JS, VBS, HTML, PDF, SWF, ELF).
* Good knowledge of Linux OS distributions, Linux API / kernel / POSIX standards.
* Excellent knowledge of Windows PE file format.
* Some experience in programming languages (Python, C#, C, C++) [At least 1 year in any].
* Fluency in English is Mandatory.
Bonus Requirements:
* Some hobby experience is strongly desired, as we would love to see any blog posts or research you may have done on your own.
* Good communication skills; work with developers, analysts, researchers, marketing, PR, sales (etc). using 'same language'.
* Good presentation skills.
* Technical article writing skills.
* Experience in developing tools and documentation for other researchers.
* Understanding the 'big picture' of the IT Security industry + business.
* High ethical standards.