The Many Paths To A Cybersecurity Education

Ask a room full of cybersecurity professionals about their educational background and how they got started on their career path and you’re going to get a myriad of different answers. From one perspective, that’s frustrating. It’s hard to confidently recommend a path for people starting out when...

Arm your users with knowledge to spot phishing attacks – for free!

Attendees to the Black Hat 2017 security conference said their No. 1 security concern and most time-consuming activity was phishing and social engineering attacks. That’s no surprise with the increase in Business Email Compromise BEC attacks and with most ransomware being delivered by email. But...

This Week in Security News: Corporate Vulnerability and Cyber Threats

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, a new cyber threat report reveals the vulnerability of small businesses and a new ransomware could infect your software to steal your...

Trend Micro at HiMSS: Protecting Healthcare Organizations with Optimized, Connected Security

Submitted by Elie Nasrallah , Director – Cyber Security Strategy The healthcare industry remains one of the most frequently targeted sectors in the United States. It accounted for nearly a quarter 23% of all breaches reported in 2017, second only to the business category, in another record year f...

How Hackers Are Leveraging Machine Learning

For business executives and internal information security specialists, it seems that every day brings a new potential risk to the company - and in the current threat environment, it isn't hard to understand this viewpoint. Sophisticated cybercriminals are continually on the lookout for the next b...

Applying Lean to Information Risk Management

Lean Manufacturing brings significant benefits to industry, including cost reduction, quality improvement, reduced cycle time, and greater customer satisfaction See “The Machine that Changed the World”, Womak, J., Jones, D., and Roos, D., Free, Press, 1990 for the groundbreaking analysis of...

FIRST and Beyond – a History of Elevating Research through Partnerships

At the FIRST conference in San Juan, Trend Micro’s Forward-looking Threat Research team will be presenting four sessions on a wide range of topics. These sessions will demonstrate a sliver of the research going on at Trend Micro, and some of the partnerships that elevate the research to benefit t...

Old WinRAR Flaw Fuels Attacks on Ukraine: How Unmanaged Software Keeps the Door Open

Two separate Russia-aligned campaigns are still exploiting the WinRAR flaw CVE-2025-8088 against Ukrainian organizations nearly a year after it was patched, showing how unmanaged software keeps an exploited entry point open long after the fix ships...

Analyzing TeamPCP’s Supply Chain Attacks: Checkmarx KICS and elementary-data in CI/CD Credential Theft

Our research examines the April 22 Checkmarx KICS and April 24 elementary-data incidents as part of a broader TeamPCP supply chain campaign. Across both cases, the actor abused trusted CI/CD and release workflows to steal credentials at scale...

Viral AI, Invisible Risks: What OpenClaw Reveals About Agentic Assistants

OpenClaw aka Clawdbot or Moltbot represents a new frontier in agentic AI: powerful, highly autonomous, and surprisingly easy to use. In this research, we examine how its capabilities compare to its predecessors’ and highlight the security risks inherent to the agentic AI paradigm...

Embracing Choice in Cybersecurity: TrendAI Vision One™ and SentinelOne Integration

Discover how the TrendAI Vision One and SentinelOne integration exemplifies our commitment to endpoint flexibility...

Revisiting UNC3886 Tactics to Defend Against Present Risk

We examine the past tactics used by UNC3886 to gain insight on how to best strengthen defenses against the ongoing and emerging threats of this APT group...

CTEM + CREM: Aligning Your Cybersecurity Strategy

Cyber threats evolve daily, and organizations need to move beyond traditional security approaches to stay ahead. That’s why Continuous Threat Exposure Management CTEM, a concept introduced by Gartner, has been gaining traction. CTEM isn’t just another cybersecurity buzzword; it’s a structured,...

Vishing via Microsoft Teams Facilitates DarkGate Malware Intrusion

In this blog entry, we discuss a social engineering attack that tricked the victim into installing a remote access tool, triggering DarkGate malware activities and an attempted C&C connection...

Game of Emperor: Unveiling Long Term Earth Estries Cyber Intrusions

Since 2023, APT group Earth Estries has aggressively targeted key industries globally with sophisticated techniques and new backdoors, like GHOSTSPIDER and MASOL RAT, for prolonged espionage operations...

Bringing Security Back into Balance

This article by Trend Micro CEO Eva Chen brings focus back to striking the cybersecurity strategies balance between business C-suite and information technology IT departments...

SANS's 2024 Threat-Hunting Survey Review

In its ninth year, the annual SANS Threat Hunting Survey delves into global organizational practices in threat hunting, shedding light on the challenges and adaptations in the landscape over the past year...

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...

Cyberespionage Group Earth Hundun's Continuous Refinement of Waterbear and Deuterbear

Our blog entry provides an in-depth analysis of Earth Hundun's Waterbear and Deuterbear malware...

NIST Launches Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0

On February 26, 2024, the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST released the official 2.0 version of the Cyber Security Framework CSF...

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...

AI Auctions: Collectibles, Taylor Swift, Jordan Bots

Discover the fascinating world of AI, ML, and RPA and their real-world applications including the creation of a custom RPA bot for collecting rare sports memorabilia...

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...

Build Cyber Resilience with Distributed Energy Systems

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Trend Micro’s Bug Bounty Program ZDI 2023 Performance

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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...

2023 Review: Reflecting on Cybersecurity Trends

Every year, experts weigh in with predictions of what the big cybersecurity trends will be—but how often are they right? That’s the question Trend Micro’s Greg Young and Bill Malik asked recently on their Real Cybersecurity podcast, looking at what forecasters got wrong on a wide range of topics,...

Opening Critical Infrastructure: The Current State of Open RAN Security

The Open Radio Access Network ORAN architecture provides standardized interfaces and protocols to previously closed systems. However, our research on ORAN demonstrates the potential threat posed by malicious xApps that are capable of compromising the entire Ran Intelligent Controller RIC subsyste...

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...

Top 4 Emerging Trends in Software Engineering

Explore key takeaways about emerging software engineering trends from Gartner's annual Application Innovation and Business Solutions Summit...

Void Rabisu Targets Female Political Leaders with New Slimmed-Down ROMCOM Variant

Almost a year after Void Rabisu shifted its targeting from opportunistic ransomware attacks with an emphasis on cyberespionage, the threat actor is still developing its main malware, the ROMCOM backdoor...

Zero Trust Adoption: Tips to Win Over Leadership

Implementing Zero Trust can be difficult due to outdated systems, employee resistance, and cost. Yet, the benefits outweigh the challenges. It is key to use a platform that combines multiple security technologies to simplify IT and risk assessment, proper planning, and getting security buy-in fro...

Managing Cyber Risk for CISOs Under Pressure

Overworked CISOs are struggling to deliver the cybersecurity results their organizations expect. Fortunately, there are concrete and practical ways they can make their lives easier—while managing cyber risk effectively...

IT & OT security: How to Bridge the Gap

Connecting IT and OT environments can give industrial organizations powerful efficiencies, but it also introduces cybersecurity challenges. A new Trend Micro/SANS Institute report gets at the heart of those IT and OT security issues—and how to address them...

Ex-USSS CISO Explains Agencies' Struggle with Biden EO

Ed Cabrera, former CISO of the US Secret Service and current Chief Cybersecurity Officer for Trend Micro, explains why Federal agencies are slow to comply with Biden's cybersecurity executive order...

Top 10 AI Security Risks According to OWASP

The unveiling of the first-ever Open Worldwide Application Security Project OWASP risk list for large language model AI chatbots was yet another sign of generative AI’s rush into the mainstream—and a crucial step toward protecting enterprises from AI-related threats...

Cybersecurity Threat 1H 2023 Brief with Generative AI

How generative AI influenced threat trends in 1H 2023...

Four Must-haves to Strengthen Your Endpoint Security

To combat complexity and achieve optimal security outcomes, there are four key factors an organization should consider when evaluating their endpoint security...

Using Kubernetes ConfigMaps for Proper Secret Management

Kubernetes ConfigMaps and Secrets have transformed how you manage containerized applications securely. Read on to learn how ConfigMaps have revolutionized application lifecycle processes by reducing hardcoding efforts and enhancing portability...

Behind the Scenes: Unveiling the Hidden Workings of Earth Preta

This blog entry discusses the more technical details on the most recent tools, techniques, and procedures TTPs leveraged by the Earth Preta APT group, and tackles how we were able to correlate different indicators connected to this threat actor...

Guide to Serverless Architecture Design Patterns

Discover the power of serverless architecture design patterns for scalable and efficient application development. Explore EDA, pub-sub, fan-out/fan-in, strangler, and saga patterns. Learn how to select, implement, and optimize them for your needs...

Abusing Web Services Using Automated CAPTCHA-Breaking Services and Residential Proxies

This blog entry features three case studies that show how malicious actors evade the antispam, antibot, and antiabuse measures of online web services via residential proxies and CAPTCHA-breaking services...

Achieving Cloud Compliance Throughout Your Migration

Part of a secure cloud migration strategy is ensuring compliance of all the moving pieces. Just like your cloud journey, cloud compliance isn’t all about the final destination. Discover how to leverage cloud security tools to ensure compliance is met along the way...

Establishing a Proactive Cybersecurity Plan

To help organizations shift security left, Greg Young, Vice President of Cybersecurity and CorpDev at Trend Micro and Andy Anderson, DataStream CEO and Co-Founder, discuss how IT decision makers can educate the board with a proactive cybersecurity plan...

Amplifying Power to Customer Through Ecosystem Integrations

Transformation to a SaaS-based cybersecurity vendor...

A Deep Dive into the Evolution of Ransomware Part 1

This 3-part blog series takes an in-depth look at the evolution of ransomware business models, from the early stages to current trends...

What SOCs Need to Know About Water Dybbuk, A BEC Actor Using Open-Source Toolkits

We analyze a BEC campaign targeting large companies around the world that was leveraging open-source tools to stay under the radar...

Dependency Mapping for DevSecOps

Discover the importance of dependency mapping and best practices for successful dependency management...

Cyber Hygiene: How to get buy-in from employees

Good cyber hygiene starts with buy-in across the enterprise. Discover how CISOs can establish a company-wide security culture to reduce risk...

Raspberry Robin Malware Targets Telecom, Governments

We found samples of the Raspberry Robin malware spreading in telecommunications and government office systems beginning September. The main payload itself is packed with more than 10 layers for obfuscation and is capable of delivering a fake payload once it detects sandboxing and security analyti...