Farhan Faisal
Operation Manager
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Top SchoolFarhan Faisal is an operations and security professional with 11 years of hands-on experience across Linux, programming and cloud architecture, currently managing research and detection at Scan Insight while previously shaping malware detection at Kinsta. He blends deep system administration and incident response roots with advanced malware analysis and YARA rule development to harden hosting platforms and Linux/PHP environments. Farhan has led forensic and security posture assessments for government and enterprise clients, built custom detection tooling and visualizations (Kibana), and consolidated signature sets to improve detection performance. Based in Kuala Lumpur, he approaches security as a puzzle—seeking precise, reproducible answers—and has published practical YARA rule work for webshell detection. His background uniquely combines day-to-day operations leadership with threat research and reverse-engineering skills, enabling him to translate technical findings into operational improvements.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Honours Degree, Computer Science, Honours Degree, Computer Science at International Islamic University MalaysiaGithub contributions (4)
farhanfaisal/yararule_web
Jul 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:16 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
farhanfaisal/DNSblacklist
Sep 2014 - Sep 2014
Contributions:5 commits in 1 day
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