Joseph Chen

Joseph Chen is a Staff Researcher in Threat Research at Trend Micro, based in Taipei, Taiwan.1 Here are some key details about his background and experience:

Professional Experience

Joseph Chen has been working at Trend Micro for over 11 years in various roles:

• Staff Researcher (Threat Research) April 2021 - Present (3 years 4 months)

  In this role, he focuses on:

  • Threat campaign research, including hunting new APT and cybercrime activity
  • Reporting threat tactics to solution teams
  • Providing findings to incident response teams
  • Researching and developing threat intelligence tools

• Staff Engineer (Threat Research) April 2015 - March 2021 (6 years)

  His responsibilities included:

  • Researching emerging threats and cybercrime ecosystems
  • Identifying significant attacks like malvertising and credit card skimming
  • Uncovering new attack kits, malware, and threat campaigns
  • Reporting zero-day vulnerabilities
  • Collaborating with external threat researchers

• Software Engineer September 2012 - March 2015 (2 years 7 months)

  He worked on:

  • Designing and developing large-scale web threat analysis platforms
  • Building high-performance cloud services
  • Developing client-side engines

Education

Joseph holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from National Chiao Tung University, which he completed in 2011-2012.1

Skills and Expertise

Based on his work history, Joseph Chen appears to have significant expertise in:

• Threat research and analysis
• Cybersecurity
• Malware detection and analysis
• Software development
• Cloud services

Publications

Joseph Chen has authored several research reports for Trend Micro, including:

• A 2016 report on a massive malvertising campaign linked to the Angler Exploit Kit2
• A 2024 report on the Earth Krahang APT group targeting government entities worldwide3
• A 2023 report on the Earth Lusca threat actor group employing a new Linux backdoor4

These publications demonstrate his ongoing contributions to threat research and cybersecurity intelligence.