Josh Stroschein is a veteran reverse engineer and malware analyst with 11+ years of hands-on experience, currently strengthening threat detection at Google's Chronicle team. He combines enterprise threat research with a deep commitment to education—authoring Pluralsight courses, creating YouTube content, and previously teaching graduate and doctoral students in cyber operations. Josh has led training programs for major conferences and founded consulting and nonprofit initiatives that translate advanced research into practical skills for industry and community. His background spans academia, commercial threat research (HP/Bromium), and open-source training leadership at OISF, giving him a rare blend of operational detection expertise and curriculum development. A former Air Force-trained technician turned Doctor of Science in Cyber Security, he frequently bridges hardware-level insight with malware reverse engineering.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Associates, Aviation Maintenance Technology, Associates, Aviation Maintenance Technology at Community College of the Air Force
BS, Computer Science and Criminal Justice, BS, Computer Science and Criminal Justice at The University of South Dakota
Master's degree, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master's degree, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Dakota State University
This repository contains sample programs that mimick behavior found in real-world malware. The goal is to provide source code that can be compiled and used for learning purposes, without having to worry about handling live malware.
Contributions:3 reviews, 5 PRs, 27 pushes in 4 years 10 months
Malware samples, analysis exercises and other interesting resources.
Contributions:356 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
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Josh Stroschein - Reverse Engineer (Chronicle) at Google