Scientific engineer: detection and protection system for ransomware

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Type de contrat
CDD
Corps / Catégorie
Scientific engineer - Ingénieur d'étude (IE)
Equipe de recherche
Contexte
As part of the dissemination of its research on ransomware, INRIA and DGA have developed a detection and protection system for ransomware on client workstations.
We are looking for a scientific engineer to extend the ransomware framework (called Dad) with new functionalities: in particular to develop and integrate new detection functionalities based on machine learning methods.
Mission

With the help of the team's researchers, engineers, and doctoral students, the recruited person will be

led to continue the development of Dad and to test its effectiveness thanks to existing Malware evaluation platforms. 

Dad is a mini-filter that runs in windows kernel mode and which intercepts write requests in order to analyze them to detect a possible malicious activity.

 

Main activities

  • Development in C (kernel code) under windows
  • Test, modify, validate existing and new modules
  • Write documentation
  • Present the developed work to the community (demo preparation, presentation, poster)
Profil / Compétences
- knowledge malware/ransomware
- (first) experiences with kernel-mode programming
- programming skills in C and python
- at least intermediate level of English
Lieu de travail
Rennes
Date prévisionnelle d'embauche
Date limite de candidature
Durée du contrat (en mois)
24
Candidater
Interested? Send your CV and motivation letter to
Annelie Heuser annelie.heuser@irisa.fr
David Lubicz david.lubicz@univ-rennes1.fr