Part-time Internship

Duration: Feb 2021 - Nov 2021

 

Project Description: 

The enterprise cyber-threat landscape is constantly changing and the cyber-attacks targeting enterprises across various industry verticals are on the rise. Unfortunately, traditional malware analysis techniques are neither scalable nor sufficient to protect the enterprises from these large-scale malicious attacks. However, automated malware analysis can help to mitigate some of these risk. 

The goal of this internship is to automate the dynamic malware analysis workflow. This includes, automatically extracting malicious features and behaviours using sandboxes, such as Cuckoo sandbox, and other dynamic malware analysis and memory forensics tools such as Wireshark and the Volatility framework. 
 

Project Outcomes:

• Setup Cuckoo sandbox and write analysis tools/plugins to extract dynamic malware features
• Automate malware memory forensics analysis using the Volatility framework to extract meaningful IOCs
• A report describing the outcomes and recommendations

 

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Be enrolled in a relevant Masters program in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related discipline
• Hands-on experience with dynamic malware analysis tools such as Cuckoo sandbox, SysInternals and Wireshark
• Familiarity with malware memory forensics tools such as the Volatility framework
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python
• Good understanding of Windows operating system internals
• Strong interest in security and security analysis
• Strong problem solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and independently

 

Application

• Apply online with resume & transcript 

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