Marius Benthin
Senior Detection Engineer at Nextron Systems
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMarius Benthin is a Senior Detection Engineer with eight years of hands-on experience in malware analysis and threat detection, currently working at Nextron Systems after progressing through analyst roles at G DATA CyberDefense. He combines academic rigor from an MS in IT Security at Ruhr University Bochum with practical expertise developed since his student-worker days, giving him deep familiarity with both defensive engineering and real-world incident workflows. Marius is particularly skilled at translating low-level malware behavior and data analysis into reliable detection rules and tooling that scale across enterprise environments. Based in Potsdam, he blends a research-oriented mindset with production delivery, often bridging gaps between reverse engineering, telemetry interpretation, and automated detection pipelines. Colleagues value his curiosity and persistence in untangling complex threats and turning forensic insights into actionable protections.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Information Technology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Information Technology at Darmstadt University of Applied SciencesMaster of Science - MS, IT Security / Networks and Systems, Master of Science - MS, IT Security / Networks and Systems at Ruhr University Bochum
English, German
Github Skills (52)
json10
scanner10
fastapi10
python10
json-schema10
async10
splunk10
swagger10
signature10
threat-intelligence10
swagger-ui10
api10
rest10
hash10
yara10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
marius-benthin/virusdeck
Mar 2021 - Feb 2022
Virusdeck collects Tweets about interesting Malware Samples.
Contributions:62 commits, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
malware
marius-benthin/signature-base
Mar 2025 - Jun 2026
YARA signature and IOC database for my scanners and tools
Contributions:4 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 3 months
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