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Zong-Xian Shen

System Engineer

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About Me

As a passionate open source contributor and security researcher, I dedicate to construct software analysis toolkits for the discovery of malicious artifacts. Moreover, I join several open source projects for programming language optimization, enhancing industrial engineering practice.

Experience

Appier

System Engineer

Orchestrated the real-time bidding system comprised of globally-distributed inventory servers.

Mozilla

Compiler Developer

Optimized the Just-in-Time compilation of Mozilla's SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine.

TrendMicro

Software Engineer and Threat Researcher

Contributed precise detection schemes for obfuscated ransomware and script-based malware.

Education

Carnegie Mellon University

August 2019 - Present

Master of Science in Software Engineering Engineering

National Chiao Tung University

July 2011 - July 2013

Master of Science in Network Engineering

National Chiao Tung University

September 2007 - June 2011

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Projects

ProbeDroid

A SDK for the creation of analysis tools without obtaining app source code in order to profile runtime performance, examine code coverage, and track high-risk behaviors of a given app on Android 5.0 and above.

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YADD

A static Android app disassembler for fast class and method signature extraction and code structure visualization.

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MeltingPot

A tool to cluster similar executables (PEs, DEXs, and etc), extract common signature, and generate Yara patterns for malware detection.

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LibCDS

A fast and memory efficient C library to manipulate sequential containers, associative structures, and advanced string processing, such as tree map, hash map, and trie.

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Conferences

Toward Dynamic Analysis of Obfuscated Android Malware

HITCON Training, Taiwan, 2016

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Crafting Your Own Dynamic Instrumentation Tool on Android for App Behavior Exploration

COSCUP, Taiwan, 2016

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A Begineer's Journey to Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScript Engine

COSCUP, Taiwan, 2015

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