About

Emanuel Durmaz

IT-Security Expert & Software Developer

Work Experience

present07/2019

Cyber Security Analyst

Evonik Industries AG Essen, Germany
Working in the Cyber Defense Team (CERT & SoC)
  • Analysis and investigation of IT security incidents (Incident Response)
  • Forensic analysis in relation to malware analysis
  • Execution and coordination of internal / external pentests
  • Product evaluation and consulting with regard to security aspects
  • Development via CI/CD of python libraries, integrations and automations for the SOAR platform.
03/201909/2018

Masterstudent

G DATA CyberDefense AG Bochum, Germany
As a master student in the Proactive Client Technologies team
  • Development of proactive protection solutions for Windows (e.g. based on filesystem minifilter drivers)
  • Development of a sandbox-based analysis system for automated malware Analysis
09/201810/2016

Working student

G DATA CyberDefense AG Bochum, Germany
Working in the Automated Threat Analysis team (within the R&D / Protection Technologies department).
  • Continued development of the DGA project
  • Manual web analysis for malicious behavior
  • Development of microservices for automated malware analysis projects

Joining the Proactive Client Technologies team from 01/2018.
  • Manual malware analysis with debugger and disassembler
  • Creating YARA signatures based on memory dumps
09/201606/2016

Intern

G DATA CyberDefense AG Bochum, Germany
Working in the Automated Threat Analysis team (within the R&D / Protection Technologies department).
  • Development of a framework for DGA Detection and Classification (Domain Generation Algorithm) with the purpose to improve the results of automated malware analysis.
  • Used to detect and classify DGA-based malware.
  • More info can be found in the G DATA Advanced Analytics Blog)

Education

03/201904/2017

M. Sc. in IT-Security / Information Technology

Ruhr-University Bochum Bochum, Germany
  • Focus: Operating Systems Security & Program Analysis
  • Thesis: Analyzing and Counteracting Cryptocurrency-related Malware Threats with Software-based Protection
03/201710/2012

B. Sc. in IT-Security / Information Technology

Ruhr-University Bochum Bochum, Germany
  • Focus: Web-, Network- & Data-Security
  • Thesis: Security Analysis of Private Cloud Interfaces of oVirt (RedHat)
00/201200/2003

General Qualification for University Entrance

Haranni-Gymnasium Herne, Germany

Miscellaneous

20192017

Deutschlandstipendium (National Scholarship Programme)

Ruhr-University Bochum Bochum, Germany
2017

Award and Presentation @ ITS|KRITIS Conference - VeSiKi for Students,

ITS|KRITIS Berlin, Germany
More info here and here.
2015

usd Hackerday

usd AG Bochum, Germany
Qualified for the usd Hackerday by solving hacking challenges. In this workshop, vulnerable systems were to be discovered, analyzed and attacked.