Ramesh Parvatham
Malware Analyst
Chennai
Summary
Seeking a position in security domain where I can implement my skills and contribute to the overall growth and success of the organization.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal – Information Security
LTIMindtree
6 2023 - Current
- Responsible for reviewing fellow researchers’ work, suggesting corrective action.
- Providing training for analysis.
- Authoring generic coverage for trending malware and customer FN submissions.
Principal Threat Analysis Engineer
Gen (Formerly NortonLifeLock, Symantec Corporation)
02.2012 - 06.2023
- Involved in tasks related to third party tests like dispute analysis, test log analysis and prepare comments for disputes.
- Doing efficacy research to identify the gaps in systems.
- Writing generic detection when I was part of STAR team.
- Analyze and classify digital certificates.
- Created a framework to add detection based on blacklisted digital certificates.
- Trained new hires.
Threat Research Analyst
Technosoft Global Services (P) Ltd.
04.2008 - 02.2012
- Worked as Threat Research Analyst for Webroot SpySweeper
- Responsibilities includes collecting samples, performing dynamic analysis, classifying malware samples, performing reverse engineering, creating definitions and whitelists and reviewing new definitions.
Education
BE in Information Technology - Information Technology
Karunya Institute of Technology (Affiliated Anna University)
Coimbatore, Tamilnadu 04.2001 -
Skills
Static file analysis
Dynamic file analysis
Reverse Engineering
Digital Certificate analysis
Python
Working knowledge in AWS, MySQL, Kibana
Experience in analyzing data
Writing malware detection code in C
Assembly language: Writing malware detection code in assembly language
Tools used: OllyDbg, x32dbg, Sysinternals, Wireshark, , VMWare, Putty, HexEdit, DnSpy
Accomplishments
- Assigned reputation for 120K+ digital certificates that are prevalent today
- Helped NLOK to create a new research team of 12+ analysts and developed 5 samples simulating malware behavior to be analyzed by interview candidates
- Trained the newly created NLOK team on IPS and Behavioral detection and signature creation
Timeline
Principal Threat Analysis Engineer
Gen (Formerly NortonLifeLock, Symantec Corporation)
02.2012 - 06.2023
Threat Research Analyst
Technosoft Global Services (P) Ltd.
04.2008 - 02.2012
BE in Information Technology - Information Technology
Karunya Institute of Technology (Affiliated Anna University)
04.2001 -
Principal – Information Security
LTIMindtree
6 2023 - Current