Kaspersky Americas GReAT (Global Research & Analysis Team) is looking for a bright and motivated intern to assist with our cybersecurity research and other activities. Our ideal candidate will be a great technical resource who has enrolled in a Computer Science or Cybersecurity course at an accredited university.
As a security researcher intern, you will need to have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and be involved in various research projects and learn firsthand how to proper Malware Analysis, Reverse Engineering, and APT/Crimeware Threat Intelligence.
The role of the internship involves supporting on research projects, developing processes, defining priorities, following deadlines, delivering material and sharing to the right teams. You will also be responsible for keeping current with latest malware threats affecting our customers and communicating with B2B/B2C clients over email about adding detections.
Additionally, you will participate in the development of the unit's recommended practices and standards, assumes responsibility for accomplishing group goals and suggesting ideas to be implemented in company's products. You will also create content; analyzing and describing malicious programs (malware), on threat intel reports and documentation on various topics.
Key Responsibilities:
* Support on research projects
* Developing processes and defining priorities
* FOLLOWING DEADLINES AND DELIVERING MATERIAL
* Sharing to the right teams
* Keeping current with latest malware threats affecting our customers
* Communicating with B2B/B2C clients over email about adding detections
* Participating in the development of the unit's recommended practices and standards
* Suggesting ideas to be implemented in company's products
* Content creation; analyzing and describing malicious programs (malware)
You will work closely with developers, analysts, researchers, marketing, PR, sales, etc. to deliver results and meet expectations.
Requirements:
* Strong desire to learn on your own and share your 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
Preferred Skills:
* 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