Examining Water Sigbin's Infection Routine Leading to an XMRig Cryptominer

We analyze the multi-stage loading technique used by Water Sigbin to deliver the PureCrypter loader and XMRIG crypto miner...

Behind the Great Wall: Void Arachne Targets Chinese-Speaking Users With the Winos 4.0 C&C Framework

We recently discovered a new threat actor group that we dubbed Void Arachne. This group targets Chinese-speaking users with malicious Windows Installer MSI files in a recent campaign. These MSI files contain legitimate software installer files for AI software and other popular software but are...

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...

Securing the Connected World with Support for The Shadowserver Foundation

If the first few months of 2020 have taught us anything, it’s the importance of collaboration and partnership to tackle a common enemy. This is true of efforts to fight the current pandemic, and it’s also true of the fight against cybercrime. That’s why Trend Micro has, over the years, struck...

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...

Threat Intelligence, the Dark Web and Information sharing: Supporting improved protection

There are numerous different elements and obstacles that contribute to the challenges of data protection in the current threat environment. However, a leading issue is ensuring protection against the latest, emerging attack styles and breach strategies. After all, how can an organization ensure t...

The Risks of Bio-IoT

Bio-IoT: Internet of Things applied to biological systems, such as pharmaceutical delivery systems, implanted medical devices, intelligent prosthetics, surgical assistants, and remote patient monitoring. IoT 2.0, with ample processing resources and OSI-conformant networking, promises vast...

The GDPR is Coming: We Shed Light on What’s Still Not Working

On May 25, the biggest shake-up to Europe’s data protection laws in almost a generation will finally take effect, after years of planning. For any US organization handling data on EU citizens, including service providers, it means you could face hefty fines of up to €20m $24.7m or 4% of global...

Edith Wharton, Identity Theft, and the GDPR

During one of my talks for Gartner, I asked the audience, “How many of you have ever had anything stolen?” Many hands went up. Then I asked, “How did you know it was stolen?” The answers generally offered, “I looked for it, and it wasn’t there.” Data theft, and in particular identity theft, is...

What Is the Instructure Canvas Breach? Impact, Risks, and What Institutions Should Do

The Instructure Canvas breach affects universities, K–12 school districts, and teaching hospitals globally. This blog entry intends to provide context and practical guidance...

Unveiling Earth Kapre aka RedCurl’s Cyberespionage Tactics With Trend Micro MDR, Threat Intelligence

This blog entry will examine Trend Micro MDR team's investigation that successfully uncovered the intrusion sets employed by Earth Kapre in a recent incident, as well as how the team leveraged threat intelligence to attribute the extracted evidence to the cyberespionage threat group...

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...

This Week in Security News - January 28th, 2022

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, read the third installment of Trend Micro’s Codex series. Also, read about the White House’s latest zero-trust approach to its cybersecurity...

Newark Releases Latest Global IoT Trends Report

The latest trend report also said that security concerns negatively impact the adoption of IoT technologies and the growth of Industry 4.0...

Tips to Accelerating PCI Data Security Standard Projects with Deep Security as a Service

Does your organization need to meet PCI DSS requirements? Are you struggling with multiple security tools? Or stretching your already overstretched team to prepare for an audit? Time to hit the accelerator with Trend Micro! If your applications deal with credit or payment card data, you need to g...

There She Breaches! Watch Out For Your Identity Data!

Data breaches keep on coming. Here’s what you can do to stay ahead of the hackers Money makes the world go around. It’s the glue that holds our society together and the engine that drives our economy. But it’s also coveted by a growing global population of highly resourceful and determined...

It’s Everyone’s Job to Ensure Online Safety at Work

As part of our effort to support National Cyber Security Awareness Month I wanted to provide information on the need for everyone within a business to be aware of their role in keeping the organization safe from cyber attacks. Let’s discuss some of the areas where we see existing organizations...

This Week in Security News: Macs, Hacks and Attacks

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, GitHub was hacked via their official account with cryptocurrency Sycoin. Also, a phishing attack targeting trustee company HealthEquity led ...

How connected devices put health care at risk

The health care industry is one of the most attractive sectors to hackers. Not only do hospitals, doctor offices and other facilities store and have access to an array of patients' personal information, but many organizations also have financial details on file to facilitate billing processes. On...

A Tea Party with a Difference: Trend Micro Supports Arts and Cultural Education in Rural Taiwan

Trend Micro has been at the cutting edge of technology innovation for almost 30 years. During that time, we’ve always had to have a keen eye on what’s coming next — anticipating threats so we can keep our customers protected, whatever comes their way. But we also recognize that in our race for th...

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...

Why the Open Secure AI Alliance Matters: Open Frontier Models, Open Deployment Flexibility

TrendAI joins Nvidia as an inaugural partner in the Open Secure AI Alliance, advancing open models, harnesses, and research to strengthen cyber defense...

PeopleSoft PeopleTools Pre-Authentication RCE: A PSIGW SSRF Chain That Executes Inside the JVM

A pre-authentication remote code execution RCE chain in Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools abuses the Integration Broker's PSIGW gateway to execute code inside the application server's Java virtual machine JVM, evading behavioral and network sensors...

Examining the Activities of the Turla APT Group

We examine the campaigns of the cyberespionage group known as Turla over the years, with a special focus on the key MITRE techniques and the corresponding IDs associated with the threat actor group...

ZTNA vs VPN: Secure Remote Work & Access - SASE Part 2

Explore the drivers behind switching from VPN to Zero Trust Network Access ZTNA for any device access from anywhere...

Supply Chain Attacks from a Managed Detection and Response Perspective

In this blog entry, we will take a look at two examples of supply chain attacks that our Managed Detection and Response MDR team encountered in the past couple of months...

CVE-2021-30724: CVMServer Vulnerability in macOS and iOS

We discovered a vulnerability in macOS, iOS, and iPadOS rooted in the CVMServer. The vulnerability, labeled CVE-2021-30724, can allow threat actors to escalate their privilege if exploited...

This Week in Security News: Ransomware Gang is Raking in Tens of Millions of Dollars and Microsoft Patch Tuesday Update Fixes 17 Critical Bugs

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about a ransomware group that walked away with 2,200 Bitcoin: More than $33 million based on the current Bitcoin exchange rate. Also, read...

Is Cloud Computing Any Safer From Malicious Hackers?

Cloud computing has revolutionized the IT world, making it easier for companies to deploy infrastructure and applications and deliver their services to the public. The idea of not spending millions of dollars on equipment and facilities to host an on-premises data center is a very attractive...

This Week in Security News: Security Researcher Discloses Four IBM Zero-Days After Company Refused to Patch and Trend Micro Integrates with Amazon AppFlow

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, read about a security researcher who has published details about four zero-day vulnerabilities impacting an IBM security product after the...

Trend Micro Discloses Insider Threat Impacting Some of its Consumer Customers

We recently became aware of a security incident that resulted in the unauthorized disclosure of some personal data of an isolated number of customers of our consumer product. We immediately started investigating the situation and found that this was the result of a malicious insider threat. The...

This Week in Security News: Ransomware Campaigns and Cryptocurrency Miners

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 three different ransomware campaigns that caused havoc in different public sectors. Also, read how threat actors are infecting...

Is Your Baby Monitor Susceptible to Hacking?

There’s no doubt that digital technology, in many of its forms, brings everyday tasks much closer-to-hand. From discovering breaking news, to online shopping, to keeping tabs on your home via security cameras—everything is within the touch of a button. Even so, with the growing reach of the...

How Do I Make My Windows 10 Computer Run Faster? (Part 1)

We’ve all been there. You get your shiny home PC or laptop back from the store and unboxed and everything is perfect. It runs like a dream: starting up quickly, speeding you through internet searches and web browsing, and applications open in the blink of an eye. But then over the following month...

Why Enterprises Still Have to Worry about Eavesdropping

When one thinks about eavesdropping, a mental image of a shadowy stranger, hiding behind a corner and listening in on others' conversations may come to mind. With the rise of VoIP calling, however, enterprises became aware of digital eavesdropping that impacted their corporate business calls. Now...

Trend Micro Kicks Off 2018 In Vancouver Helping Those In Need

The holiday season is traditionally a time for friends and family, gift-giving and celebrations. But it’s also a time to remember those less fortunate than ourselves, and to do what we can to make their lives better. As a responsible corporate citizen, Trend Micro is always keen to find new ways ...

Can YOU spot the fake?

As we predicted in 2016, cyberpropaganda is a major growth area for cybercriminals. Per that prediction, “The rise in the Internet penetration has opened the opportunity for invested parties to use the Internet as a free-for-all tool to influence public opinion to go one way or another.” Today, w...

Is Your Security Team Setup To Fail?

The ingredients for strong cybersecurity aren’t a secret. In fact, they haven’t changed significantly over the past 20 years—the ingredients are available to almost every organization out there. On the surface, doing security isn’t that hard: | Patch quickly and frequently. Use reasonable securit...

Randstad Group Selects Trend Micro to Protect its Public Cloud Infrastructure

The Randstad Group is currently in the process of consolidating and centralizing its IT infrastructure across 30 IT departments, and will be providing service to more than 40 operating countries across four continents. To ensure the new infrastructure will have optimal security the company select...

Federal Agencies Warn of Ongoing PLC Exploitation Against Critical U.S. Infrastructure

TrendAI™ Research breaks down what changed in CISA’s updated advisory on an ongoing PLC exploitation, why this activity might be more dangerous than a similar campaign in 2023, and how organizations can take action now to protect themselves...

Device Code Phishing: Turning a Convenience Feature Into an MFA Bypass

Device code phishing abuses a legitimate authentication feature designed for devices with limited input capabilities. This article breaks down how the technique works, examines a recent observed case, and outlines the layered security measures organizations can implement...

From Langflow to Monero: Inside CVE-2026-33017 Cryptominer

We tracked a cryptocurrency-mining campaign exploiting CVE-2026-33017, which revealed how threat actors are now scanning exposed AI application infrastructure for their next foothold...

New Ransomware Charon Uses Earth Baxia APT Techniques to Target Enterprises

We uncovered Charon, a new ransomware strainfamily that uses advanced APT-style techniques, including DLL sideloading, process injection, and anti-EDR capabilities, to target organizations with customized ransom demands...

Why a Classic MCP Server Vulnerability Can Undermine Your Entire AI Agent

A single SQL injection bug in Anthropic’s SQLite MCP server—forked over 5,000 times—can seed stored prompts, exfiltrate data, and hand attackers the keys to entire agent workflows. This entry unpacks the attack chain and lays out concrete fixes to shut it down...

Earth Ammit Disrupts Drone Supply Chains Through Coordinated Multi-Wave Attacks in Taiwan

Trend™ Research discusses the evolving tradecraft of threat actor Earth Ammit, proven by the advanced toolset used in its TIDRONE and VENOM campaigns that targeted the drone supply chain...

Russian Infrastructure Plays Crucial Role in North Korean Cybercrime Operations

In this blog entry, we discuss how North Korea's significant role in cybercrime – including campaigns attributed to Void Dokkaebi – is facilitated by extensive use of anonymization networks and the use of Russian IP ranges...

New OpcJacker Malware Distributed via Fake VPN Malvertising

We discovered a new malware, which we named “OpcJacker” due to its opcode configuration design and its cryptocurrency hijacking ability, that has been distributed in the wild since the second half of 2022...

Cinobi Banking Trojan Targets Cryptocurrency Exchange Users via Malvertising

We found a new social engineering-based malvertising campaign targeting Japan that delivered a malicious application. The malicious application abused sideloading vulnerabilities to load and start the Cinobi banking trojan...

How to Best Secure Your Azure Container Registry

Securing your container registry is critical. Read along as we take a look at the native Microsoft® Azure® container protection in Azure Security Center versus Trend Micro Cloud One™ – Container Security to see what's best for your security needs...

This Week in Security News: New Bluetooth Vulnerability Exposes Billions of Devices to Hackers and Backdoor, Devil Shadow Botnet Hidden in Fake Zoom Installers

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, read about a new security vulnerability in Bluetooth that could potentially allow an attacker to spoof a remotely paired device. Also, learn...