Thorsten Sick
Information Technology Security Engineer
Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolThorsten Sick is an experienced IT security engineer and researcher with 16+ years building malware detection, defensive tooling and AI-driven security systems across diverse platforms (Windows, Linux, BSD, mobile OSes and embedded architectures). He has designed heuristics modules and cross-platform scanners, contributed backend and analysis work to high-profile open-source projects like Cuckoo Sandbox and Privacy Badger, and led security architecture and ML efforts at companies including Avast and Avira. Thorsten combines low-level C/C++ performance engineering with Python/Perl-driven automation and practical malware analysis, and he authors books and a TTRPG, showing a rare mix of technical depth and creative publishing. Based in Ravensburg, Germany, he now invents and ships defensive security software while mentoring teams and documenting solutions for maintainability. An unconventional detail: he pairs rigorous antivirus research with hobbyist creativity—authoring a Solarpunk TTRPG—reflecting a systems thinker who likes to change the world.
17 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
computer science, computer science at Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences
English, German
Github Skills (37)
git10
javascript10
github10
python10
wp-api10
browser-extension10
volatility10
git-repository10
bluetooth-le10
c-programming10
winapi10
security10
security-testing10
malware10
btle10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
cuckoosandbox/cuckoo
Sep 2012 - Nov 2014
Cuckoo Sandbox is an automated dynamic malware analysis system
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:117 commits, 1 comment, 1 issue in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Thorsten contributed to the Cuckoo Sandbox project by addressing various issues and implementing new features. They enhanced the behavior analysis module by adding support for new system events. The user fixed errors and added checks to existing components and reports, improving the overall stability. Furthermore, the user introduced and extended features for the volatility module.
malware
evilsocket/bleah
Sep 2018 - Nov 2018
This repository is DEPRECATED, please use bettercap as this tool has been ported to its BLE modules.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 1 comment in 2 months
Contributions summary:Thorsten primarily focused on modifying and enhancing the `bleah` project's functionality, a tool related to Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). Their contributions involved porting the code to Python 3, refactoring the scanning and enumeration code for improved structure, and adding logging capabilities. Furthermore, the user implemented a monitoring feature that tracks and logs RSSI values for specified devices, indicating a focus on device interaction and data collection. The user's work touches multiple files indicating a broad understanding of the project's various components.
bettercap
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