Senior Cybercrime Threat Analyst, Advanced Cybercrime and Engagements

Boston

Recorded Future, Inc.

Recorded Future is the most comprehensive and independent threat intelligence platform. Identify and mitigate threats across cyber, supply-chain, physical and fraud domains.

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With 950 employees, over $250M in sales, 1,500+ clients, and rapid year-over-year growth, Recorded Future is the world’s most advanced, and largest, intelligence company!

Senior Cybercrime Threat Analyst, Advanced Cybercrime and Engagements (ACE) 

ACE Team, Insikt Group, Recorded Future

Boston, MA / Washington, DC / Remote

This role: Recorded Future’s Insikt Group is looking for a seasoned cybercrime-focused senior threat analyst to focus on deep web investigations and operations. Among other activities, you’ll monitor cybercrime trends, activities, and methodology across multiple platforms including open-source reporting, darknet forums, and other platforms, as well as chat services and other direct communications. You will be engaged in both proactive research and in responding to requests from clients related to the deep web.

What you’ll do:

  • Create and devise new sourcing, collecting, and curating new data into the Recorded Future Platform
  • Lead and direct finished intelligence products for Recorded Future Analyst on Demand clients 
  • Write reports ranging from brief descriptions of threats and threat actors to detailed finished intelligence reports for clients and the general public
  • Able to engage with threat actors on a long-term basis in order to obtain additional information beyond what has been posted publicly on forums and similar platforms
  • Propose and oversee proactive reporting topics on cybercriminal-related TTPs and trends for internal and public consumption
  • Represent Recorded Future professionally at conferences and events including, but not limited to, webinars, speaking engagements, client presentations, scoping calls, and internal and external media engagements
  • Work collaboratively across internal teams to help enhance Recorded Future’s collection, sourcing, research, and reporting capabilities by mentoring more junior analysts

What you’ll bring (required):

  • 6+ years of professional experience in roles in cyber intelligence, cyber investigations, or other related disciplines
  • Knowledge and experience with analytic tradecraft, the intelligence cycle, open-source intelligence gathering techniques, and strong intelligence writing skills, techniques, and methodologies
  • Familiarity with legal and regulatory requirements for acquisition of digital information and the standards for collecting digital evidence under US Federal laws
  • Significant experience conducting investigations and tracking campaigns on threat groups operating on the darknet with a focus on topics such as leaked databases and credentials, ransomware, DDoS operations, bot networks, criminal marketplaces and other current and emerging threats
  • Deep knowledge and understanding of malicious tools and software used for cybercriminal activity and ability to track and trace groups using a wide range of telemetry.
  • Knowledge of money laundering, fraud, and current cyber-enabled crime TTPs
  • Firm knowledge and understanding of most computer operating systems, networking concepts and security fundamentals.
  • Firm understanding of blockchain and cryptocurrencies technologies to include trades, transfers, tracking, maintaining, documentation and preservation
  • Understanding of security best practices to maintain the anonymity of both yourself and Recorded Future while operating on dark web sources
  • Ability to work well with others both senior and junior to yourself as part of a team working towards a unified goal

Additional skills/experience (preferred but not required):

  • Foreign language proficiency: strong preference for Russian, Chinese, Farsi, or Southeast Asian languages
  • BA/BS or MA/MS degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer engineering, Computer programming, Digital Forensics, or a related discipline
  • Government, security or law enforcement experience
  • Extensive knowledge of Hacktivist trends and activities
  • Extensive knowledge or understanding of the links and relationships between cybercriminal, hacktivist, extremist, and nation-state operations and organizations
  • Extensive knowledge of money laundering TTPs



Why should you join Recorded Future?
Recorded Future employees (or “Futurists”), represent over 40 nationalities and embody our core values of having high standards, practicing inclusion, and acting ethically. Our dedication to empowering clients with intelligence to disrupt adversaries has earned us a 4.7-star user rating from Gartner and 8 of the top 10 Fortune 100 companies as clients.

Want more info? 
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The Record: The Record is a cybersecurity news publication that explores the untold stories in this rapidly changing field
Timeline: History of Recorded Future
Recognition: Check out our awards and announcements

We are committed to maintaining an environment that attracts and retains talent from a diverse range of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles.  By ensuring all feel included and respected for being unique and bringing their whole selves to work, Recorded Future is made a better place every day.

If you need any accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to our recruiting team at careers@recordedfuture.com 

Recorded Future is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Recorded Future does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

Recorded Future will not discharge, discipline or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant.

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Country: United States
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