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Targeted Attack Landscape: A Continuing Threat
When planning the cyber defenses of an organization, it's important to factor in the total threat landscape - including continuing threats as well as emerging security issues. In this way, organizations can create a more holistic data protection posture. While not seen in many headlines currently...
This Week in Security News
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...
Transforming the Cyber Health of Small HCOs Across the US
When we talk about healthcare breaches, there are some big-name incidents. Yet in reality there’s a huge number of smaller providers who are in the hackers’ sights and maybe don’t have the resources or expertise to adequately defend themselves. With ransomware threatening to shut down systems and...
Threat Actors Abuse claude.ai Shared Chat for ClickFix Malvertising Campaign
Cybercriminals hijacked Google Ads searches for popular AI developer tools to funnel over 2,000 victims toward malicious download pages before quietly moving their operation onto claude.ai's own platform, turning the trusted domain into a delivery mechanism for credential-stealing malware...
Cyber Insurance Market 2022: FAQs & Updates with iBynd
iBynd VP of Insurance, Tim Logan, and Trend Micro’s Cyber Risk Specialist Vince Kearns provide insights on cyber insurance must-haves, pricing, services, and how the industry is changing in the face of ransomware attacks, cryptocurrency, and emerging cybersecurity technologies...
This Week in Security News: Trend Micro Selected as Launch Partner for AWS Ingress Routing Service and Stalkerware on the Rise
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about stalkerware and why it’s on the rise. Also, read about Trend Micro’s selection as a launch partner for the new Amazon Virtual...
Celebrating the life of Tamir Segal
Trend Micro may be a global organization of more than 5,000 employees, but we’re also a tight-knit family. So it was with great sadness and shock that we heard of the passing of Tamir Segal, who has served as our Israel Country Manager for the past eight years. Our thoughts and prayers are with h...
This Week in Security News: ePrivacy and Hack Back
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, the Council of the European Union reviewed a bill dubbed the “ePrivacy” Regulation, which targets message-sharing services like WhatsApp and...
This Week in Security News: Meltdowns and Hijacks
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, we saw discussions on the vulnerabilities of chat bots and AI programs, and the types of software that may not be safe from malware and...
Beyond Catching Sender Spoofing – using AI to stop email fraud and Business Email Compromise
In September, we announced our new email security technologies powered by XGen™ and a new product, Smart Protection for Office 365. One key technology introduced was our new AI based Email fraud, or Business Email Compromise BEC, detection technique. A user receiving a BEC email will have a...
Cybersecurity in the Workplace is Everybody’s Business
What can individual users do to preserve cybersecurity at work? Your organization is spending on cybersecurity tools, you have an awareness program, and if you look you will find that there are standards and procedures for choosing and maintaining products to help keep information secure. But wha...
Endpoint isn’t the best place to block threats
Hackers often look for a number of ways to target business users, compromise critical systems and get away with sensitive information or money. These attacks can come from email and web sources, and even infect business endpoints. According to a 2015 industry survey, 73 percent of respondents...
Level up your cybersecurity journey with CLOUDSEC 2017
Beginning this month, Trend Micro will be hosting CLOUDSEC, one of the largest cybersecurity conferences across Asia-Pacific and Europe. The event features presentations and panel discussions from industry experts and thought leaders who will discuss high-level strategies, forward looking securit...
Volume Is Not Risk: Making Sense of the `Vulnpocalypse´
A briefing for security leaders on separating vulnerability disclosure volume from exploitable risk in 2026...
Decoding Water Sigbin's Latest Obfuscation Tricks
Water Sigbin aka the 8220 Gang exploited the Oracle WebLogic vulnerabilities CVE-2017-3506 and CVE-2023-21839 to deploy a cryptocurrency miner using a PowerShell script. The threat actor also adopted new techniques to conceal its activities, making attacks harder to defend against...
ViperSoftX Updates Encryption, Steals Data
We observed cryptocurrency and information stealer ViperSoftX evading initial loader detection and making its lure more believable by making the initial package loader via cracks, keygens, activators, and packers non-malicious. We also noted more sophisticated encryption and basic anti-analysis...
New Collaboration with Adobe and MAPP
Collaboration with industry partners is helping secure the digital world by distributing Trend Micro vulnerability information to security vendors more quickly so they can enhance protection for their customers...
21 Tips to Stay Secure, Private, and Productive as You Work from Home on Your Mac
Nowadays, Macs are part of the work-from-home workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you’ve brought a Mac from the office to home, it’s likely your IT department has already set it up to meet your company’s security policies. But what if you’re enlisting a Mac already at home to do duty for...
Trend Micro’s Top Ten MITRE Evaluation Considerations
The introduction of the MITRE ATT&CK evaluations is a welcomed addition to the third-party testing arena. The ATT&CK framework, and the evaluations in particular, have gone such a long way in helping advance the security industry as a whole, and the individual security products serving the market...
Using Zoom? Here’s how to keep your business and employees safe
Cyber-criminals are always looking for new opportunities to make money and steal data. Globally trending events are a tried-and-tested way of doing just this, and they don’t come much bigger than the current Covid-19 pandemic. It’s sparking a wave of phishing, BEC, extortion, ransomware and data...
This Week in Security News: Pwn2Own Adds Industrial Control Systems to Hacking Contest and Cyber Crooks Target ESports
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Among news from this week, learn about Pwn2Own’s new hacking contest that will take place in Miami next year. Also, as October was Cybersecurity...
Cyberattack Lateral Movement Explained
Lightly edited transcript of the video above Hi there, Mark Nunnikhoven from Trend Micro Research, I want to talk to you about the concept of lateral movement. And the reason why I want to tackle this today is because I've had some conversations in the last few days that have really kind of hit...
This Week in Security News: IoT Threats and Risks
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about the threats and risks to complex IoT environments. Also, learn about new security challenges and risks the food production...
This Week in Security News: Scams and Security Risks
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, the EU and Japan finalized an agreement enabling the cross-border transfer of data. Also, businesses are turning to machine learning to comb...
Is My Mac Secure from Malware and Viruses?
Do you own a Mac? If so, you might have the common perception that they’re more secure from internet threats than Windows PCs. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case. The truth is that Macs have historically not been targeted by hackers as frequently as Windows systems, simply because there were fewe...
TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of November 6, 2017
I started a 14-day detox this week that eliminates common food allergens and hormones. It’s going to be two weeks of no fun, but it’s good to give your body a little reset. Plus, I’ll be done just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Eliminating toxins from your body can be compared to eliminati...
An Established Solution for Mobile Threats
As much as smartphones and applications have evolved over the years, so has mobile malware. We’re seeing an increasing number of threats—from mobile ransomware and auto-clicking adware to dangerous backdoors that can compromise your privacy. And there are also legitimate personal applications tha...
TONResolver RAT Abuses TON Blockchain to Target Japan's Hotel Industry
In this blog entry, TrendAI™ Research examines a wave of phishing emails observed in May 2026 that targeted Japanese accommodation facilities using Booking.com, detailing the victims, attack techniques used, and characteristics of the malware involved...
Four Reasons Your Cloud Security Is Keeping You Up At Night
We are excited to introduce guest posts from our newest Trenders from Cloud Conformity, now Trend Micro Cloud One – Conformity. More insights will be shared from this talented team to help you be confident and in control of the security of your cloud environments! Why your cloud security is keepi...
30 Years of Trend Micro
This year marks 30 years of Trend Micro. That’s three decades of working to make the world safe for exchanging digital information in a constantly changing technology and cyber threat environment. Our founders often reference the humble beginnings of the company – starting from a garage in...
Customer data & marketing operations: Keeping your data safe on the journey to GDPR compliance
Emails. Web forms. Events. Oh my! These marketing tactics are all designed to gather, store, and evolve relationships with your prospects, customers, and partners. Often times, they are the first point of contact for your organization from the outside world—and they all feed into your marketing...
Cyber Insurance Rates to Rise – What Should I Do?
Organizations manage risk in three ways: they accept it, they take out insurance against it, or they take active measures to diminish its potential impact. These active measures commonly include deploying or enhancing or removing technology, updating policies and procedures, instituting training...
Latest Batloader Campaigns Use Pyarmor Pro for Evasion
In June 2023, Trend Micro observed an upgrade to the evasion techniques used by the Batloader initial access malware, which we’ve covered in previous blog entries...
MacOS SUHelper Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability: A Deep Dive Into CVE-2022-22639
We discovered a now-patched vulnerability in macOS SUHelper, designated as CVE-2022-22639. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow malicious actors to gain root privilege escalation...
The Economics of XDR
Pulling from recent data and research, security experts discuss the value that organizations have seen from adopting extended detection and response XDR solutions...
Threat Actors Exploit Misconfigured Apache Hadoop YARN
We look into how threat actors are exploiting Apache Hadoop YARN, a part of the Hadoop framework that is responsible for executing tasks on the cluster. This analysis covers the payloads deployed, the tactics used in the attacks, and basic recommendations for strengthening cloud security...
Tax Scams – Everything you need to know to keep your money and data safe
Tax season has always been a pretty nerve-wracking time for hard-working Americans. But over the years, technology advances have arrived to gradually make the process a bit easier. The bad news is that they can also introduce new cyber risks and even more stress. There are two things that...
Cloud Native Application Development Enables New Levels of Security Visibility and Control
We are in unique times and it’s important to support each other through unique ways. Snyk is providing a community effort to make a difference through AllTheTalks.online, and Trend Micro is proud to be a sponsor of their virtual fundraiser and tech conference. In today’s threat landscape new clou...
Cloud-First but Not Cloud-Only: Why Organizations Need to Simplify Cybersecurity
The global public cloud services market is on track to grow 17% this year, topping $266 billion. These are impressive figures, and whatever Covid-19 may do short-term to the macro-economy, they’re a sign of where the world is heading. But while many organizations may describe themselves as...
Celebrating Decades of Success with Microsoft at the Security 20/20 Awards
Effective collaboration is key to the success of any organization. But perhaps none more so than those working towards the common goal of securing our connected world. That’s why Trend Micro has always been keen to reach out to industry partners in the security ecosystem, to help us collectively...
This Week in Security News: December Patch Tuesday Updates and Retail Cyberattacks Set to Soar 20 Percent During 2019 Holiday Season
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about the threat campaign Waterbear and how it uses API hooking to evade security product detection. Also, read about December Patch...
Warning! Windows 10 Fake Update is Actually Ransomware
Microsoft never sends updates via email. Many folks don’t know that, which is why a new ransomware campaign masquerading as a Windows 10 update is so pernicious. You may have already gotten a fake notice saying “Install Latest Microsoft Update Now!” Or “Critical Microsoft Windows Update!”, with t...
How To Be An Informed Skeptic About Security Predictions
It doesn’t take a wily prediction to see that the cycles of tech procurement and planning are increasingly compressed. In enterprise IT, the two largest forces at play are business changes and technology changes. These two major forces are somewhat independent; a lot of tech change happened durin...
Why Should CISOs Care About XDR?
We have been collectively saying in our industry for the last 15-20 years that a layered approach to your security stack is a “best practice,” but as with all best practices, these are ideals rather than reality for so many charged with protecting their organizations. The vast majority of CISOs a...
Customer Perspective: Catching the thief lurking in the shadows with EDR and MDR
A guest blog by Ian Loe, Senior Vice President, Cybersecurity, NTUC Enterprise Co-operative Limited News flash: aided by time, persistence and smarts, advanced cybersecurity felons are leapfrogging traditional security systems to compromise confidential data. Realising this, we at NTUC Enterprise...
Data Privacy in the Age of IoT
On Data Privacy Day, January 28th, we should have all taken a few moments to think more carefully about safeguarding our personal data, staying safe online, and improving our privacy habits. Just what does that mean in the age of IoT — the Internet of Things? In previous years, cyber threats most...
Bargains and brotherhood: The underground Digital Souks of the Middle East
The release of our report “Digital Souks: A glimpse into the Middle Eastern and North African underground” marks the 12th in our Cybercriminal Underground Economy Series CUES. Having previously published several papers covering the Japanese, French, German, North American, Chinese, Russian and...
Attacker Abuses Victim Resources to Reap Rewards from Titan Network
In this blog entry, we discuss how an attacker took advantage of the Atlassian Confluence vulnerability CVE-2023-22527 to connect servers to the Titan Network for cryptomining purposes...
Agenda Ransomware Propagates to vCenters and ESXi via Custom PowerShell Script
This blog entry discusses the Agenda ransomware group's use of its latest Rust variant to propagate to VMWare vCenter and ESXi servers...
4 Types of Cyber Crime Groups
Discover the four main types of cyber crime groups: access as a service, ransomware as a service, bulletproof hosting, and crowd sourcing as well as tips to strengthen your defense strategy...