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Role Summary
Join our team, formerly known as TwinWave, in developing phishing detections for our cutting-edge, microservice-based threat analysis pipeline. This role involves creating new phishing detection logic and technologies, utilizing our existing analysis engines and detection languages.
Team Dynamics
Our team is made up of a diverse mix of talents, including developers, analysts, researchers, and hybrid roles. You will work closely with principal threat researchers specializing in phishing detection. If you take pride in thwarting phishing attempts, this role in our dedicated team of detection engineers is ideal for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Stay informed about the current phishing landscape and develop effective detections to protect our customers.
- Review a large number of potential phishing websites daily to determine if new detections need to be created, or existing detections need tuning
- Collaborate with developers to identify and resolve issues, missing features, and enhance phishing-related detection capabilities.
- Investigate and respond to detection related issues reported by customers.
Qualifications
- Minimum 2 years of experience as a detection engineer, security researcher, or threat analyst.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (equivalent education/experience considered).
- Deep understanding of the modern phishing landscape, including threat actors, phishing kits, AITM/Reverse Proxy frameworks, and related techniques.
- Proficiency in writing phishing detections using various technologies (e.g., Regex,, ClamAV, Suricata).
Required Skills
- Expertise in creating complex regular expressions for detection.
- Familiarity with typical phishing kit structures.
- In-depth knowledge of HTML, Javascript, and the HTTP protocol.
- Proficiency in JSON.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Skills
- Knowledge of common network protocols (FTP, SMTP).
- Proficiency in Python or Go
- Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK Framework and other relevant attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
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