Dark Web Researcher â Threat Intelligence
Dark Web Researcher â Threat Intelligence
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05-06-2025
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Cyderes (Cyber Defense and Response) is a pure-play full life-cycle cybersecurity services provider with award-winning managed security services identity and access management and professional services designed to manage the cybersecurity risks of enterprise clients. We specialize in multi-technology complex environments with the in speed and agility needed to tackle the most advanced cyber threats. We leverage our global scale and decades of experience to accelerate our clients cyber outcomes through a full lifecycle of cybersecurity services. We are a global company with operating centers in the United States Canada the United Kingdom and India.
About the Job:
We are seeking a skilled and driven Dark Web Researcher to join our Threat Intelligence team. In this role you will leverage the CyberInt platform and a suite of dark web and threat actor monitoring tools to proactively identify emerging risks data exposures and threat activity targeting our clients across industries such as healthcare education and finance. You will play a key role in brand protection leaked credential discovery social media risk analysis and monitoring for phishing domains and attack surface exposures. Your research will extend to initial access brokers (IABs) and dark web chatter that could signal intent or active targeting of our clients. Youll also support our threat hunting operations by creating queries and validating whether observed risks have materialized into active threats
Responsibilities:
- Monitor and analyze dark web forums marketplaces Telegram channels and leak sites using CyberInt and other OSINT/darknet tools.
- Identify and assess:
- Track emerging threat actor TTPs malware families ransomware groups and underground ecosystem trends.
- Correlate dark web findings with client infrastructure and attack surface to assess risk and exposure.
- Develop threat hunting queries (e.g. using SIEM/EDR platforms) based on dark web discoveries to determine active targeting or compromise
- Create concise actionable intelligence reports to communicate risks to internal and client stakeholders.
- Assist in incident enrichment providing dark web context and attribution to ongoing investigations or IR cases
- Stay current on major malware and ransomware variants and support attribution or profiling work when actors reference client asset
Leaked credentials and sensitive data
Phishing domains and impersonation sites
Threat actor discussions mentioning client brands or environments
Sale of access by Initial Access Brokers (IABs)
Requirements:
- 3 years of experience in threat intelligence dark web research or cybercrime investigations
- Hands-on experience with CyberInt or similar dark web intelligence platforms (e.g. Flashpoint Cybersixgill KELA Recorded Future)
- Strong OSINT skills and familiarity with darknet environments and tradecraft
- Understanding of malware families ransomware operations and threat actor group dynamics
- Experience with brand protection monitoring phishing detection and social media threat analysis
- Ability to write clear intelligence-driven reports for technical and executive audiences
- Familiarity with attack surface management and common enterprise exposure risk
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience tracking Initial Access Brokers (IABs) and ransomware affiliates
- Knowledge of security risks specific to healthcare education and financial sectors
- Basic scripting or automation skills (Python Regex etc.) for hunting or parsing data
- Experience writing threat hunting queries (e.g. Splunk Elastic Sigma rules)
- Previous consulting or client-facing experience in intelligence reporting or briefings
Cyderes is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race religion color sex age disability sexual orientation genetic information national origin or veteran status.
Note: This job posting is intended for direct applicants only. We request that outside recruiters do not contact us regarding this position.
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