Malware Analyst

ESET VirusLab watches the steps of hackers from all around the world. It is a place where we apply reverse engineering techniques to intercepted malware to reveal its hidden functionality. Even though the primary attacks nowadays are directed against the Windows platform, we pay close attention to other operating systems, including Mac, Linux, Android and some of the more exotic ones.Job description

What does working as Malware Analyst entail?

The main thrust of the job is, you guessed it, reverse engineering. You will be analyzing newly detected infiltrations and working on the technical description of code that you analyze. Your primary goal is to uncover what the given code does. In some cases this just involves figuring out whether the code is malicious or not. In other cases, you will need to drill down to the details, uncovering more of what it actually does, how it does it and for what aim it was designed. This information is crucial for proposing detection and “cure” algorithms. Often, you will find yourself doing some detective work, pondering what’s behind entire malicious operations. And it is not entirely out of the question that in some cases, you will be cooperating with the police, CERTs or the victims of cyber attacks themselves.

Where does Malware Analyst work?

Infiltration analysts work in the Security Research Laboratory, which we refer to simply as VirusLab. Some of us work on analyzing malicious code, others track entire malicious operations, looking at how they function. Other colleagues are involved in detecting malware through signatures, which are hard for malware writers to evade. Our analysts and engineers have extensive experience with reverse engineering techniques, and analysis and detection of malicious code on a range of operating systems, including Windows, OS X and mobile platforms. Our teams comprise experts on online threats, software vulnerabilities and exploits which are used by malware writers to infiltrate and abuse systems.

Technologies used in the job

As an infiltration analyst, these will be the tools of your trade: IDA Pro, OllyDbg, Hiew, WinDbg, SysInternals tools, SQL, JIRA, Confluence, Git

The advantages

You will have an opportunity to learn something new, in a field mastered by only a handful of people.

BENEFITS FOR YOU

Flexibility

Corporate events

Benefits for the whole family

Sports, health and wellbeing

And many more…