Karsten Hahn

AI Researcher

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany11 yrs 1 mo experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in malware research and analysis.
  • Proven leadership in enhancing protection technologies.
  • Skilled in developing malware analysis tools.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Malware Research Specialist with expertise in cybersecurity and software engineering.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Malware ResearchMalware AnalysisTeam LeadershipDetection Engineering

Other Skills

Blog writingWindows InternalsPortable Executable FormatReverse EngineeringComputer ScienceSoftware EngineeringObject Oriented DesignProgrammingSoftware DevelopmentLinuxGitJavaScalaPythonx86 Assembly

About

Curious and always ready to squeeze malware.

Experience

11 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
11 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
11 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

G data cyberdefense

3 roles

Principal Malware Researcher

Promoted

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Malware research and analysis
  • Development of tools for malware analysis
  • Blog articles and papers
  • Internal reverse engineering trainings
  • Detection signatures
Malware AnalysisMalware Research

Lead Engineer

Promoted

Nov 2022 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • I lead a team to improve protection technologies for G DATA products.
Team LeadershipDetection Engineering

Malware Analyst

Jan 2015 – Oct 2022 · 7 yrs 9 mos

  • Malware analysis
  • Creation of detection signatures
  • Malware related blog posts, see https://www.gdatasoftware.com/blog/techblog
  • Tool development (in Python, Scala, Java)
  • Internal reverse engineering workshops
Blog writingDetection EngineeringMalware Analysis

Htwk leipzig

3 roles

Graduate Student Assistant for Theoretical Computer Science

Oct 2011 – Feb 2012 · 4 mos · Leipzig Area, Germany · On-site

  • Supervisor: Prof. Karl-Udo Jahn

Student Assistant for Theoretical Computer Science

Oct 2010 – Feb 2011 · 4 mos · Leipzig Area, Germany · On-site

  • Supervisor: Prof. Karl-Udo Jahn

Student Assistant for Digital Technology

Oct 2009 – Jul 2010 · 9 mos · Leipzig Area, Germany · On-site

  • Supervisor: Prof. Axel Schneider

Education

HTWK Leipzig

Master’s Degree — Computer Science

Jan 2011 – Jan 2014

HTWK Leipzig

Bachelor's Degree — Computer Science

Jan 2008 – Jan 2011

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