Albabat Ransomware Group Potentially Expands Targets to Multiple OS, Uses GitHub to Streamline Operations

Trend Research encounters new versions of the Albabat ransomware, which appears to target Windows, Linux, and macOS devices. We also reveal the group’s use of GitHub to streamline their ransomware operation...

Tracking the Progression of Earth Hundun's Cyberespionage Campaign in 2024

This report describes how Waterbear and Deuterbear — two of the tools in Earth Hundun's arsenal — operate, based on a campaign from 2024...

Fileless Attacks Prompt Intel’s Next-Gen Security

Discover how Trend is strengthening its endpoint solutions to detect fileless attacks earlier. By leveraging Intel Threat Detection Technology, Trend enhances the scalability and resiliency of its solutions...

Earth Freybug Uses UNAPIMON for Unhooking Critical APIs

This article provides an in-depth look into two techniques used by Earth Freybug actors: dynamic-link library DLL hijacking and application programming interface API unhooking to prevent child processes from being monitored via a new malware we’ve discovered and dubbed UNAPIMON...

A Necessary Digital Odyssey of RPA and AI/ML at HUD

Explore two RPA and AI/ML use cases at HUD during the operational challenges of the longest US Government shutdown, a rigid legacy IT environment, and complex federal regulations...

A Deepfake Scammed a Bank out of $25M — Now What?

A finance worker in Hong Kong was tricked by a deepfake video conference. The future of defending against deepfakes is as much as human challenge as a technological one...

Unifying Cloud Security Beyond Siloes

Attacks don’t stay in siloes, and neither should your security solutions. Explore the benefits of a cybersecurity platform that consolidates security across multiple layers—including the cloud—for more proactive risk management...

Unifying Cloud Security Beyond Siloes

Attacks don’t stay in siloes, and neither should your security solutions. Explore the benefits of a cybersecurity platform that consolidates security across multiple layers—including the cloud—for more proactive risk management...

18X a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for EPP

Explore why Trend Micro is recognized—for the 18th time—as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms...

Integrated DFIR Tool Can Simplify and Accelerate Cyber Forensics

Explore real use cases demonstrating the transformative impact of Trend Vision One™ – Forensics, an integrated Digital Forensics and Incident Response DFIR tool...

Securing Cloud Infrastructure Demands a New Mindset

Rising attacks on cloud infrastructure and services have created a ‘shared fate’ scenario for cloud providers and users, where a successful breach means everybody loses. Fresh thinking and closer collaboration can help avoid that outcome and better protect public cloud resources...

How Kopeechka, an Automated Social Media Accounts Creation Service, Can Facilitate Cybercrime

This report explores the Kopeechka service and gives a detailed technical analysis of the service’s features and capabilities and how it can help cybercriminals to achieve their goals...

Strategic Tips to Optimize Cybersecurity Consolidation

Say goodbye to security silos. Organizations are eager to take advantage of cybersecurity consolidation and make their security environments more manageable. Evolving incrementally and adopting a platform that supports third-party integrations are key to reducing cybersecurity complexity...

5 Types of Cyber Crime Groups

Discover the five main types of cyber crime groups: access as a service, ransomware as a service, bulletproof hosting, crowd sourcing, and phishing as a service as well as tips to strengthen your defense strategy...

How to Leverage AWS Performance Efficiency Pillar

Explore the Performance Efficiency pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and discover how to create performance efficiency in the compute, storage, database, and network elements of cloud infrastructures...

Malicious AI Tool Ads Used to Deliver Redline Stealer

We’ve been observing malicious advertisement campaigns in Google’s search engine with themes that are related to AI tools such as Midjourney and ChatGPT...

Pack it Secretly: Earth Preta’s Updated Stealthy Strategies

After months of investigation, we found that several undisclosed malware and interesting tools used for exfiltration purposes were being used by Earth Preta. We also observed that the threat actors were actively changing their tools, tactics, and procedures TTPs to bypass security solutions. In...

Emotet Returns, Now Adopts Binary Padding for Evasion

Following a three-month hiatus, Emotet spam activities resumed in March 2023, when a botnet known as Epoch 4 began delivering malicious documents embedded in Zip files that were attached to the emails...

S4x23 Review Part 2: Evolving Energy Cybersecurity

In this second report on S4x23 held last February, this article introduces the discussion on cyber security in the energy industry, which was one of the topics that attracted attention...

Leveraging Data Science to Minimize the Blast Radius of Ransomware Attacks

In this blog entry, we present a case study that illustrates how data-science techniques can be used to gain valuable insights about ransomware groups' targeting patterns as detailed in our research paper, “What Decision-Makers Need to Know About Ransomware Risk.”...

Amplifying Power to Customer Through Ecosystem Integrations

Transformation to a SaaS-based cybersecurity vendor...

Earth Zhulong: Familiar Patterns Target Southeast Asian Firms

In 2022, we discovered Earth Zhulong, a hacking group that has been targeting Asian firms similar to another well-known threat actor. In this article, we unravel their new tactics, techniques and procedures that they apply on their misdeeds...

Research Exposes Azure Serverless Security Blind Spots

Simulation uncovers hidden features and urges greater user awareness...

Detecting Windows AMSI Bypass Techniques

We look into some of the implementations that cybercriminals use to bypass the Windows Antimalware Scan Interface AMSI and how security teams can detect threats attempting to abuse it for compromise with Trend Micro Vision One™...

Email Security Best Practices for Phishing Prevention

Trend Micro Research reported a 137.6% growth in phishing attacks blocked and detected in 2021. Explore the latest phishing trends and email security best practices to enhance your email security and reduce cyber risk...

Hack the Real Box: APT41’s New Subgroup Earth Longzhi

We looked into the campaigns deployed by a new subgroup of advanced persistent threat APT group APT41, Earth Longzhi. This entry breaks down the technical details of the campaigns in full as presented at HITCON PEACE 2022 in August...

LV Ransomware Exploits ProxyShell in Attack on a Jordan-based Company

Our blog entry provides a look at an attack involving the LV ransomware on a Jordan-based company from an intrusion analysis standpoint...

Solve the Cloud-Native App Security Puzzle with CNAPP

Explore the value of integrating cloud-native application protection into security and development...

Red Teaming to Reduce Cyber Risk

Discover how red teaming can help reduce cyber risk across your ever-expanding digital attack surface...

How Malicious Actors Abuse Native Linux Tools in Attacks

Through our honeypots and telemetry, we were able to observe instances in which malicious actors abused native Linux tools to launch attacks on Linux environments. In this blog entry, we discuss how these utilities were used and provide recommendations on how to minimize their impact...

Iron Tiger Compromises Chat Application Mimi, Targets Windows, Mac, and Linux Users

We found APT group Iron Tiger's malware compromising chat application Mimi’s servers in a supply chain attack...

Analyzing Penetration-Testing Tools That Threat Actors Use to Breach Systems and Steal Data

We discovered the use of two Python penetration-testing tools, Impacket and Responder, that malicious actors used to compromise systems and exfiltrate data. We share our key findings in this report...

Data Distribution Service: An Overview Part 1

In this three-part blog series, we’ll look into Data Distribution Service, why it is critical, and how you can mitigate risks associated with it...

How to Present Cloud Risk to the Board

Trend Micro Security Researcher, Erin Sindelar, breaks down three popular types of cloud risk assessments to help CISOs and security leaders better explain cyber risk to the board...

Examining the Black Basta Ransomware’s Infection Routine

We analyze the Black Basta ransomware and examine the malicious actor’s familiar infection tactics...

An In-Depth Look at ICS Vulnerabilities Part 3

In our series wrap-up, we look into CVEs that affect critical manufacturing based on MITRE’s matrix. We also explore common ICS-affecting vulnerabilities identified in 2021...

Utility Cybersecurity: Situational Awareness Cuts Risk

Trend Micro has released a technical report on how the electric utility industry can gain situational awareness across entire network...

Global Cyberattacks Tied to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Cyber-risk management and security fundamentals are the key to cyber-resilience. 5 best practices to manage your cyber risk...

Global Cyberattacks Tied to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Cyber-risk management and security fundamentals are the key to cyber-resilience. 5 best practices to manage your cyber risk...

This Week in Security News - January 21, 2022

This week, read about various cybersecurity threats that affect industrial control and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA’s latest cyberattack warnings...

Integrate Cybersecurity Incident Response in DevSecOps

This article examines the need for cross-functional integration and integrated communication between development and security teams to prevent communication dead zones and avoid delays in alerting and remediation...

Expanded Cloud Misconfiguration & IaaS Security

Cloud One – Conformity has expanded its support for multi-clouds and Terraform users to add even more configuration checks so cloud projects are built on a foundation of best practice security and compliance...

Demo: A Guide to Virtual Machine App Security

Enhance your virtual machine VM application security from vulnerabilities in your Spring Framework Java application by reviewing these guidelines...

CISA, NIST Says Use Cybersecurity Control Systems

The agencies conducted a crosswalk of existing cybersecurity documents and identified nine categories to be used as the foundation for preliminary control systems cybersecurity performance goals...

APT-C-36 Updates Its Spam Campaign Against South American Entities With Commodity RATs

We have continued tracking APT-C-36, also known as Blind Eagle, since our research on this threat actor in 2019. We share new findings of APT-C-36’s ongoing spam campaign targeting South American entities...

Fake Cryptocurrency Mining Apps Trick Victims Into Watching Ads, Paying for Subscription Service

We recently discovered eight deceptive mobile apps that masquerade as cryptocurrency cloud mining applications where users can earn cryptocurrency by investing money into a cloud-mining operation...

StrongPity APT Group Deploys Android Malware for the First Time

We recently conducted an investigation into a malicious Android malware sample, which we believe can be attributed to the StrongPity APT group, that was posted on the Syrian e-Gov website. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that the group has been publicly observed using malicio...

Cloud-Native Security: More Security Observability

Explore observability vs. visibility, how they differ, how they are intertwined, and why they should be incorporated into your security strategy...

5 #TrendTips For Better File Storage Security

Here are 5 TrendTips to secure valuable files and objects stored in the cloud via services like Amazon S3...

Top Tips For Home Cybersecurity And Privacy In A Coronavirus-Impacted World (Part 2)

The past few months have seen radical changes to our work and home life under the Coronavirus threat, upending norms and confining millions of American families within just four walls. In this context, it’s not surprising that more of us are spending an increasing portion of our lives online. But...