It Works on My Machine: Why and How Engineering Skills Matter in Threat Research
DISCARDED: Tales From the Threat Research Trenches
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Enhancing Threat Research Efficiency and Evolving Threat Actor Practices
The chapter delves into the speaker's role as a senior threat research engineer, detailing processes to boost threat hunting efficiency. It covers topics such as reverse engineering malware, analyzing network protocols, and the evolving practices of threat actors mirroring legitimate software development processes. The discussion touches on identifying flaws in server handling, analyzing malware complexity, using GitHub for malicious purposes, adopting semantic versioning, and decrypting complex obfuscation techniques like X-loader malware.
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