Matt (InfoSecAddict) Nguyen
I'm Matt Nguyen, an upcoming and young cyber professional with interests in Information Security, Security Operations, Incident Response and Malware Analysis. My background was in healthcare as a physical therapy technician, encountered cyber by accident, and decided to go to school/learn cyber full-time. I was a founder/former President of a cyber club at Austin Community College from 2024 to 2025, where I hosted 6 events with over 8 speakers and had over 100 club members. Since then, I have been attending networking events, volunteering at local conferences, and serving on the committee for a past conference this year (IntelliC0N 2025). Now I currently attend school, moderate a break into a cyber nonprofit called The GingerHacker Initiative, and am on the committee for another conference coming in 2027. In my free time, I do analyze malware but also read/nerd out on Martial arts.
Session
This talk provides a practical introduction to malware analysis for beginners, focusing on building a foundational workflow rather than reverse engineering. In my talk, I will be covering key principles around ensuring a safe lab setup, basic static analysis, and dynamic analysis using sandbox environments, in addition to any tools that you have within your own lab environment (FlareVM). I will be referencing my writeup as an example.