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PAVITHRAN GANESAN

Alagapuram

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Desired Job Title

Senior Threat ResearcherMalware Research EngineerMalware ResearcherAssociate Engineer

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Location: Alagapuram, TN
Open to relocation: Yes

Summary

Enthusiastic Malware Researcher eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. . Motivated to learn, grow and excel in Anti-Virus Industry.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Threat Researcher

LTIMindtree
Chennai
04.2021 - Current
  • Developed Malware Detections(EPP), Tactical Detectors(EDR), and Behavioral Signatures(BM) for emerging threats across PE and Non-PE ecosystems.
  • Performed advanced malware analysis, reverse engineering, and threat hunting using KQL ,Python and VTLiveHunt.
  • Automated internal research and detection workflows, improving operational efficiency and analyst productivity.
  • Investigated customer escalations(ICM), FP/FN cases, and security incidents, delivering detection improvements and threat intelligence.
  • Led technical training sessions and mentoring initiatives on malware analysis, detection engineering, and emerging attack techniques.

Malware Research Engineer

Qualys
Pune
12.2019 - 04.2021
  • Worked on Qualys Agent Action by writing Powershell script for AppLocker, Firewall , Quarantine and Unquarantine File.
  • Worked on Reversing Lab project for combining Malware Presence API and RL data API support using Python.
  • Created Qualys Query Language(QQL) ,Widget dashboards for MITRE tactics and techniques.
  • Worked on creating Knowledge Base (KB) article for Malware and PUA family that will provide detailed description of Family to customer UI.

Malware Researcher

Comodo Security Solutions
Chennai
07.2016 - 09.2019
    • Analysis user submitted Malware samples and create malware signature and Handling False Positive files.
    • Worked on Creating Generic Signature for PE files.
    • Worked on Creating Script Signature Detection for Non- PE files using Regular Expressions and String Based detection.
    • Worked on Writing Malware Detection code using Yara Signature for Local Samples Clustering.
    • Provided Malware Rules to Indicators of Compromise (IOC) using cuckoo Signature.

Associate Engineer

Virtusa
Hyderabad
09.2015 - 06.2016

Worked on Deutsche Bank Project using PEGA Tools

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

Sri Sairam Engineering College
Chennai
05-2015

Computer Science

S.R.V Boys Higher Secondary School
Salem
04-2011

Tagore Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Attur
04-2009

Skills

  • Deep working knowledge of Static and Dynamic Malware analysis
  • Experience using disassembler and debuggers such as OllyDbg
  • Expert in analyzing file formats such as PE, Doc, Pdf and Scripts
  • Working knowledge of networking concepts and protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS
  • Done Automation for internal process using Python
  • Tools - Flare VM, Threat Pursuit VM for static and dynamic analysis
  • EDR - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE)
  • VT LiveHunt
  • Python
  • Powershell
  • Yara

Languages

Tamil
Native language
English
Upper intermediate
B2

Timeline

Senior Threat Researcher

LTIMindtree
04.2021 - Current

Malware Research Engineer

Qualys
12.2019 - 04.2021

Malware Researcher

Comodo Security Solutions
07.2016 - 09.2019

Associate Engineer

Virtusa
09.2015 - 06.2016

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

Sri Sairam Engineering College

Computer Science

S.R.V Boys Higher Secondary School

Tagore Matriculation Higher Secondary School
PAVITHRAN GANESAN