EXPERIENCE
Scott Nusbaum has over 25 years of experience in software development and 16 years in Information Security. He has experience ranging from material handling and banking to the defense industry.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
- Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, University of Cincinnati
- Master of Science, Computer Science, Cyber Informatics, University of Cincinnati
- Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE)
- Offensive Security Exploit Developer (OSED)
- Offensive Security Experienced Professional (OSEP)
- GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM)
INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTIONS
Scott has contributed to InfoSec conferences to share his knowledge with the community, including Queen City Con 2023, Texas Cyber Summit 2023, the Ohio Information Security Forum, and as an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Cincinnati.
PASSION FOR SECURITY
Scott has always been fascinated with computers and software. He started programming in elementary school and has never stopped. Scott is passionate about learning the internal workings of software and systems. This led to reverse engineering, malware, exploits, and CTF.
Featured Blogs And Resources
Discover the blogs, analysis, webinars, and podcasts by this team member.
Burrowing a Hollow in a DLL to Hide
1 Burrowing a Hollow in a DLL to Hide In this post about common malware techniques, we are still talking about hollowing—but this time, instead of hollowing…
The Ransomware Environment: Going Beyond the Headlines
Join Kennedy and Nusbaum for this interactive webinar that will dive deeper into how these attacks are carried out and how organizations can be prepared.
Who’s Winning the Red vs. Blue Team Arms Race
Join experts Adam Compton—Principal Penetration Testing Consultant, Phil Rowland—Remediation Practice Lead, and Scott Nusbaum—Principal Advanced Research…
Obfuscation Using Python Bytecode
1.1 Introduction I love when I get tossed a piece of unique malware. Most of the time, malware is obfuscated using PowerShell or a dropper written in C. This…
PPID Spoofing: It’s Really this Easy to Fake Your Parent
1 New Blog Series on Common Malware Tactics and Tricks This will be the first post in a series of blogs covering some common malware tactics and tricks. The…
ESXiArgs: The code behind the ransomware
1 Deep Dive into an ESXi Ransomware TrustedSec’s Nick Gilberti wrote a great blog covering the ESXi ransomware’s shell script here. However, in this blog, we…
New Attacks, Old Tricks: How OneNote Malware is Evolving
1 Analysis of OneNote Malware A lot of information has been circulating regarding the distribution of malware through OneNote, so I thought it would be fun…
The Lost Underground
Join TrustedSec Principal Security Consultant Mike Felch for an eye-opening journey into the lost underground, where ingenuity, disobedience, and complexity…
TrustedSec Tech Brief - December 2024 Year-End Top 3 Roundup
We are rounding up our top Tech Brief stories of 2024! Director of Security Intelligence Carlos Perez goes over what we have seen the most of this year and his…
Security Noise - Episode 7.7
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