FOR610: Reverse-Engineering Malware: Malware Analysis Tools and Techniques
SANS Sydney 2021 Sydney, Australia
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Profile
Ryan has worked in Security Operations Center and Computer Incident
Response Team roles that handled incidents from inception all the way
through remediation. Reviewing log traffic; researching domains and IPs;
hunting through log aggregation utilities; sifting through pack
captures; analyzing malware; and performing host and network forensics
are all things that Ryan loves to do.
Outside of work, Ryan spends time with his family, helps organize the
CactusCon security conference, and plays plenty of Street Fighter.
Hadouken!
Ryan's primary interest in the security world is the exciting world of
reverse engineering. Malware has become pervasive, and Ryan relishes in
the ability to dissect, understand, and protect against evolving
threats. Ryan loves finding all the new tricks that malware authors use
to circumvent security appliances.
Qualifications Summary:
Seasoned speaker at technical conferences including DefCon, various BSides events, CactusCon, Splunk .Conf, and more
More than 7 years of experience in digital forensics investigations, incident response, network forensics, and malware analysis
Author of several PluralSight.com training courses
Ryan's Workshops, Blog Posts, and Podcasts:
Follow along with Ryan's hands-on workshop "Understanding and Analyzing Carrier Files"
Follow along with Ryan's hands-on workshop "Exploit Kit Shenanigans: They're Cheeky!"
Follow along with Ryan's hands-on workshop "Network Forensics Workshop: Packet Pillaging Done Right!"
Follow along with Ryan's hands-on workshop "Network Forensics Workshop Deux: Long Live Packet Pillaging!"
Watch Ryan's "Threat Intelligence - buzzword or buzz-worthy" podcast
Read Ryan's "Testing Network Forensics Skills: Challenge Accepted" blog post
Read Ryan's "Landing a Hands-On Security Gig Part 1 & 2" blog post
Get to Know Ryan Chapman:
Master's of Information Assurance from NSA-certified Regis University
GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM)
GIAC Defending Advanced Threats (GDAT)
GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
Splunk Certified Admin and Power User
CompTIA Securtiy+ and Linux+
Certified Linux Server Professional (LPIC-1)
1st Place in Network Forensics Puzzle Contest at DefCon 23 and DefCon 22 (team)
Advisory Council member for both the IT Security and Coding academies at Western Maricopa Education Center (West-MEC)