Job Description

When you join Trend, you become part of a unique and diverse global family and you get to work towards a world safe for exchanging digital information.

About the job

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Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, Trend Micro's cybersecurity platform protects hundreds of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints. As a leader in cloud and enterprise cybersecurity, the platform delivers a powerful range of advanced threat defense techniques optimized for environments like AWS, Microsoft, and Google, and central visibility for better, faster detection and response. With 7,000 employees across 65 countries, Trend Micro enables organizations to simplify and secure their connected world. For additional information, visit www.trendmicro.com

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At Trend, we are always looking for top talent. We hire capability 1st, and you will work with the best. When you join us, you have direct access to any level, and freedom to make an impact and influence. With Trend Micro, you drive your own development. You are recognised for your passion to succeed, and can be the best part of yourself here.

This role - This is a Global Role therefore it can be based anywhere!

Trend Micro's Forward Looking Threat Research team (FTR) is a global team of Senior Researchers tasked with scouting the the likely future risks in security by researching what:

• Cybercriminals are working on today (Underground and Deepweb, Targeted Attacks / APT and Malware research)

• How the users / victims are using the web (Social Networks, New emerging services, etc)

• What technologies are available now and in the future (e.g. IOT, Web3 / Metaverse, Spread of Mobile OS, Blockchain)

This FTR researcher role will be responsible for focusing on the threats that will affect emerging Web3 technologies, in particular on Blockchain based attacks on Smart Contracts, DeFi and the upcoming systems that will be built on top of them. They will also be expected to look into higher layers of the emerging Web such as Metaverse security concerns.

This role will not be purely focused on the technologies involved, but also combine this by looking at real world attacks that we would expect to see coming from financially motivated criminals and espionage focused targeted attacks / APT in this new web paradigm. The ideal candidate will both have a good understanding of todays cybercrime threat landscape, but also a passion for the underlying technologies of Web3 - and be able to develop research on where we expect new user behavior, technology and criminal business models to evolve to in the period of 1-3 years.

The FTR researcher is also responsible for researching local matters - such as unique user behaviors, crimes or emerging technologies in certain countries. They will be expected to interface with government agencies, law enforcement, ISPs, CERTs, universities and other research groups for research, disclosure, and knowledge sharing.

This position requires the researcher to represent Trend Micro in external conferences, either as an attendee or as a speaker.

As the team is globally distributed the successful candidate must be willing to travel for global meetings and conferences.

Some of FTR externally published work can be found at:

http://us.trendmicro.com/us/trendwatch/research-and-analysis/white-papers-and-articles/index.html

Desired Experiences & Skills:

Bachelor's degree or Higher strongly preferred, or strong self taught and proven skillset.

In-depth knowledge in Blockchain Technologies and tools for security analysis in this space

Good knowledge in DeFi security, product landscape and current attacks

Good knowledge in Smart Contract Security and current attacks (especially Ethereum)

Hands on experience in smart contract vulnerability exploitation

Familiar with on the ongoing discussions on Web3 / Metaverse

Good knowledge of the current Threat Landscape

Proven Research oriented mindset

General Programming ability (e.g. Python, Rust, Go, Bash)

Fast learner

Able to work in a multi-cultural group

Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised

Very good communication skills

Must be fluent in English, both spoken and written

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