Matthieu Faou
Malware Researcher at ESET
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthieu Faou is a malware researcher based in Montreal with a decade of experience investigating malicious software and improving detection techniques at ESET since 2016. Trained as an Ingénieur Civil and holding a master’s from Polytechnique Montréal, he blends rigorous engineering fundamentals with applied cybersecurity research. His work spans dynamic and static analysis of obfuscated code, and he has a practical appreciation for tooling and test automation that improves reproducibility and maintainability. On open source, he contributed testing and QA improvements to the widely used js-beautify project, strengthening its unpacker tests and PEP8 compliance—demonstrating attention to code quality beyond pure research. Colleagues know him for turning complex reverse-engineering challenges into actionable detections and for bringing methodical, engineering-driven approaches to malware analysis. He combines deep technical curiosity with a steady focus on building robust, testable defenses.
10 years of coding experience
Ingénieur Civil, Ingénieur Civil at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de NancyMaster Degree, Master Degree at Polytechnique MontréalCPGE - PCSI/PC*, CPGE - PCSI/PC* at Lycée François René de ChateaubriandBaccalauréat, Baccalauréat at Lycée Sainte Thérèse - Quimper
French, English
Github Skills (7)
unit-testing10
python10
testing10
javascript9
nodejs4
css4
html4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
beautifier/js-beautify
Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
Beautifier for javascript
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 5 comments in 3 days
Contributions summary:Matthieu's contributions primarily focused on improving the testing infrastructure of the js-beautify project. This included creating tests for the unpacker functionality, ensuring that the unpacker could correctly process and de-obfuscate JavaScript code. The user also addressed code quality issues by making the test files PEP8 compliant. These actions directly enhanced the project's maintainability and reliability by improving the robustness of the JavaScript code beautifier.
beautifierpythoncssjavascriptnodejs
mFaou/INF8601
Sep 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:121 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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