Kev Breen
Senior Director Cyber Threat Research
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKev Breen is a Senior Director of Cyber Threat Research with 13 years’ experience turning advanced threat intelligence into hands-on red/blue labs at ImmersiveLabs. He combines deep DFIR and malware analysis roots from the British Army and Leonardo with product-focused content leadership, building practical exercises that test real-world skills. An active open-source contributor, Kev has written MFT parsing plugins for Volatility3 and numerous RAT decoders for Viper and his own repositories, showcasing rare reverse-engineering and timeline-forensics expertise. His work spans backend tooling (PasteHunter, DuckToolkit) to threat-centric feature design, improving detection and automation for both practitioners and platforms. Based in Bristol, he balances technical leadership with community contributions and a persistent curiosity—often visible in sci-fi reads and experimental tooling.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Salt Grammar School
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (37)
json10
filesystem10
main-memory10
python10
cybersecurity10
decode10
decoding10
security10
malware10
cryptography10
encoding10
encode10
reverse-engineering10
yara10
anti-malware10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
kevthehermit/RATDecoders
Mar 2014 - Sep 2021
Python Decoders for Common Remote Access Trojans
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 161 commits, 36 PRs in 7 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Kev primarily contributed to the development of Python decoders for various Remote Access Trojans (RATs). Their work involved analyzing malware samples, extracting configuration data, and implementing decryption functions using libraries like `pefile`, `Crypto`, and custom RC4 implementations. The user demonstrated a deep understanding of reverse engineering and malware analysis by reverse engineering and creating multiple decoders for various RAT versions.
pythonremote-access
kevthehermit/PasteHunter
Sep 2017 - Apr 2020
Scanning pastebin with yara rules
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 256 commits, 38 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Kev focused on developing and maintaining the backend functionality of the pastehunter repository. Their contributions included the addition of new features such as database rules, and the implementation of various output modules. The user also improved existing functionality by correcting deduplication processes and enhancing error handling. Furthermore, the user demonstrated expertise in working with YARA rules by updating and adding new rules.
pastebinyara
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