Following the destruction of a large-scale phishing-as-a-service (PaaS) operation, Trend Micro Incorporated, a leader in global cybersecurity, today announced that its close collaboration with law enforcement has resulted in another significant victory.

Trend has been a dedicated partner of INTERPOL for many years, so when the call for assistance came, we didn't waste any time, according to Jon Clay, VP of threat intelligence at Trend. Public-private partnerships supported by strong threat intelligence can be a force multiplier for investigations into international cybercrime, as this takedown has once again demonstrated.

When INTERPOL sought threat information regarding PaaS website 16shop in 2020, the policing alliance first contacted Trend Micro. The marketplace offered phishing kits that were created to lower the entry barrier for beginning cybercriminals, enabling them to easily scale scam campaigns.

Trend conducted research, discovered, and informed INTERPOL of the following:

• Attacks supported by 16shop were particularly prevalent in Japan, as well as the U.S. and Germany.

• Customers of 16shop were able to craft phishing pages to harvest Amazon, American Express, PayPal, Apple, and CashApp credentials as well as U.S. banking logins.

• The platform's phishing kits automatically localized the language of phishing sites depending on the victims' location.

• It featured capabilities designed to thwart analysis, such as anti-sandboxing and geolocated access restrictions.

• 16shop's web infrastructure was hosted across numerous legitimate cloud providers to further avoid detection.

• The site was active from 2018 until at least 2021, with copycat sites most likely springing up after this date.

According to INTERPOL, Trend's threat intelligence report helped lead to the arrest of the suspected administrator of 16shop and two other suspects in Indonesia and Japan. In total, 16shop is estimated to have enabled phishing attacks on over 70,000 victims in 43 countries.

Trend's close support of INTERPOL in this operation follows numerous previous engagements, including 2022's Operation African Surge, and the dozens of training sessions the cybersecurity provider has delivered to law enforcement agencies since 2014, including a five-day course recently held in Manila.

About Trend Micro

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. www.TrendMicro.com.

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What We Are Looking For

About the Team

This position will be a key member of the close-knit Electronic Solutions team, with exposure to programs such as Land 400.

About The Role

The Cyber Security Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation and documentation of the Land 400 Training Management System with the Defence security standards. This includes the compliance with Cyber Security Requirements for accrediting systems up to Protected classification. The position requires experience in systems administration in Windows and Linux, network administration, configuration management, and infrastructure as code development methodologies.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Conduct a threat analysis for the Training Management System and identify treatment controls;

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What Qualifications You Should Have

What are we looking for?

Rheinmetall seeks applicants who exemplify our Company’s values ofSafety, Partnering, Openness, Respect and Trust (SPORT). This creates a workplace environment where employees value each other, live up to their promises and communicate openly.

The experience and skillset best suited to this role includes:

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