Hi 👋, I'm Islam Essam Saeed

Cyber Security Researcher | Malware Analyst | Reverse Engineer

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🧠 About Me

🎓 I’m a passionate Cyber Security Researcher from Egypt with a deep interest in:

• Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering 🔬
• Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) 🧾
• Threat Intelligence & Detection Engineering 🛡️

🧪 I love exploring how malware behaves under the hood, writing YARA rules, decoding obfuscated payloads, and building tools that support threat hunting operations.

📚 I’m continuously developing my skills by working on real-world malware samples, participating in CTFs, and sharing my knowledge via blog posts and write-ups.

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📫 How to Reach Me

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🧰 Tech Stack

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🚀 Projects & Highlights

• 🧬 Malware Analysis Portfolio: Hands-on reverse engineering of real malware samples (from Practical Malware Analysis).
• 🛡️ Detection Engineering: Built custom YARA rules and Sigma rules to detect suspicious patterns in binaries and logs.
• 🧾 DFIR Automation Tools: Developed scripts for registry analysis, file carving, and extracting indicators from memory dumps.
• ✍️ Writeups & Blogs: Check out my blog for write-ups on malware, forensics, SOC investigations and more.

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🌱 Currently Learning

• Advanced malware unpacking & anti-analysis bypass techniques
• Windows Internals & Kernel-mode Rootkit Analysis
• Malware Threat Intelligence mapping using MITRE ATT&CK

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🏆 Certifications

• 🧠 EC-Council Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA)
• 🎯 TryHackMe Top 5% (Blue Team & Malware Analysis)

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