FTR Senior Threat Researcher (Forward Looking Threat Research) [Web3 Focus]

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This is a global role and therefore can be based anywhere!

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

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:

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