Ma Sheng Hao
Senior Researcher
Sheng-Hao Ma(@aaaddress1) is currently working as a threat researcher at TXOne Networks, specializing in Windows reverse engineering analysis for over 10 years. In addition, he is currently a member of CHROOT, an information security community in Taiwan.
He has also served as a speaker and instructor for various international conferences and organizations such as Black Hat USA, DEFCON, CODE BLUE, HITB, VXCON, HITCON, ROOTCON, Ministry of National Defense, and Ministry of Education. He is also the author of the popular security book "Windows APT Warfare: The Definitive Guide for Malware Researchers".
Skills
Languages
Chinese
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Native or Bilingual
English
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Fluent
Work experiences
Senior Researcher
TXOne Networks, inc.・Full-time
Mar 2021 ~ Present
Taipei City, Taiwan
Research the exploits used by the trendy Ransomware family e.g. REvil, and vulnerabilities used by national-level cyber armies, like CVE-2021-40444. Also published a semantic decompiler analysis engine in BlackHat USA and Code Blue in 2022.
Security Researcher
CyCraft
Nov 2020 ~ Present
Researched and created a new method on memory forensic and investigation in identifying malware signature, as well as methods of how Microsoft Windows weakness on WoW64 layer could be abused by hackers; researched mono project and made a .NET binary analysis engine in C++
Consultant
Institute for Information Industry
Feb 2019 ~ Feb 2020
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1 yr 1 moResearch trendy Windows exploit techniques used by APT organizations, e.g. UAC Bypassing, EoP, Persistence.
Intern
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
Jul 2016 ~ Jul 2017
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1 yr 1 moBuild up a Python engine based on Nmap used for scanning vulnerable victims on the network.
Malware Researcher
Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB)
Jan 2015 ~ Jan 2016
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1 yr 1 moDoing reversing engineering on that malware attacking Taiwan government, and writing reports about the behavior of the APT organization and conscious intention.
Educations
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Master’s Degree・Computer Science
2018 - 2020
I-Shou University
Bachelor of Science (BS)・Computer Science
2014 - 2018
