AV-Comparatives: Trend Micro Mobile Security for Android Provides 100% Malware Protection for Mobile Users

With the introduction of Android v8.0 Android Oreo in August of 2017, among other OS improvements Google introduced its built-in malware protection for Android call Play Protect dependent on Google Play Services 11 or later. Play Protect checks apps and APK files downloaded from Google Play or...

Small Business: A Target for Cyber Criminals

The age of cyber threats has been marked with critical vulnerabilities, evolving strains and organizations that have faced the consequences. Target's breach, the rise of ransomware like WannaCry and the recent Equifax hack serve as lessons that these attacks are the new normal for companies, maki...

Supply-Chain Attack Targeting Pakistani Government Delivers Shadowpad

We recently found that an MSI installer built by the National Information Technology Board NITB, a Pakistani government entity, delivered a Shadowpad sample, suggesting a possible supply-chain attack...

TeamTNT Upgrades Arsenal, Refines Focus on Kubernetes and GPU Environments

Using a new batch of campaign samples, we take a look at its more recent cybercrime contributions and compare them with its previous deployments to demonstrate the group’s use of upgraded tools and payloads...

How Radio Frequency Technology is Putting the Industrial Sector at Risk

Each industry has its own unique security risks. The banking and health care sectors, for example, deal with some considerably sensitive financial and client data, and therefore must put robust protections in place to ensure its safety. The industrial sector, however, is a bit different. For many...

Answers to Your Questions on Our Apps in the Mac App Store

Updated Oct. 4; please scroll down for latest information. Reports that Trend Micro is “stealing user data” and sending them to an unidentified server in China are absolutely false. Trend Micro has completed an initial investigation of a privacy concern related to some of its macOS consumer...

How Digital Extortion Impacts Today’s Enterprises

By now, many enterprise decision-makers are familiar with the concept of digital extortion, particularly in the form of ransomware. These encryption-based attacks lock users out of their sensitive and valuable data, applications and operating systems. Attackers demand a ransom in the form of...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of April 23, 2018

I was having dinner with friends recently and one of the newer members of the group asked me what I did for a living. I told him that I worked for a cybersecurity company and his reply was, “I don’t need to worry about security – I have a MacBook.” I thought that at any second, Rod Serling was...

Securing Our Connected Car Future with Panasonic

There are few more exciting frontiers of the Internet of Things IoT than connected cars. Gartner predicts that there will be 61 million vehicles with built-in connectivity on our roads by 2020. But as we drive ever closer to a future where autonomous vehicles are a commonplace sight, we must be...

Visit Trend Micro at VMworld 2017

Trend Micro will be at VMworld 2017 in Las Vegas on August 27th – 31st, showing why experience matters when it comes to automated security for your data center and cloud environments. Stop by our booth, 610, to chat with our security experts, and enter our daily draws to win a Phantom 3 Drone! Se...

Unveiling Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability CVE-2023-22527: Understanding and Mitigating Remote Code Execution Risks

In this blog entry, we discuss CVE-2023-22527, a vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence that has a CVSS score of 10 and could allow threat actors to perform remote code execution...

This Week in Security News: Hong Kong Users Targeted with Mobile Malware via Local News Links and Hackers Hijack Routers to Spread Malware Via Coronavirus Apps

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 Apple iOS smartphone users in Hong Kong targeted in a new campaign exploiting online news readers to distribute malware. Also,...

How to Speed Up a Slow PC Running Windows OS

Working with a slow PC is always annoying and frustrating. Enduring sudden frozen windows and stuttered animations can make you want to throw the machine out the window. Take a deep breath, and consider these 8 tips on how to fix a slow PC running Windows. Why is my Windows Running Slow? First,...

Stop Impersonations of Your CEO by Checking the Writing Style

If one of your employees receives an email that looks like it’s from the CEO asking to send sensitive data or to make a wire transfer, could that employee spot it as a fake based on how it is written? He or she may be so concerned with pleasing the CEO that they may urgently respond without a...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of November 20, 2017

It’s that time of year again, when many will gather with their families, eat way too much, and catch those crazy Black Friday sales. I’ve been seeing “Black Friday” sales for almost two weeks now. Cyber Monday, which falls on the Monday after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, is probably going to be...

An Analysis of the BabLock (aka Rorschach) Ransomware

This blog post analyzes a stealthy and expeditious ransomware called BabLock aka Rorschach, which shares many characteristics with LockBit...

Principles of a Cloud Migration – Security W5H – The WHERE

“Wherever I go, there I am” -Security I recently had a discussion with a large organization that had a few workloads in multiple clouds while assembling a cloud security focused team to build out their security policy moving forward. It’s one of my favorite conversations to have since I’m not jus...

Finding a Better Route to Router and Home Network Security

When was the last time you looked at your home router? We tend to only notice these magical boxes when something goes wrong. And given that many of us get our router as part of a single broadband box technically known as a gateway, combining modem and router in one device, there’s even less...

Use Safety and Precaution When Using USBs

Removable USB devices are basic instruments for storing and transferring files from one device to another. Although they’re convenient to use, they can also pose a potential threat to your devices—especially when used without prior caution. There are reported instances, where researchers weren’t...

A Look Back at the 2018 Security Landscape

Do you ever question the value of the mounds of data we all collect? We make a point to stop, analyze and share, especially because we know you might not have the time. So, I bring you our annual look back at the more interesting security events and trends seen last year. The report, Caught in th...

Informing Your Security Posture: How Cybercriminals Blend into the Background

Maintaining protection over an enterprise's critical data, systems and assets is a continual uphill battle. Not only are chances good that the business's digital footprint is growing through new applications, but hackers are also constantly bolstering their capabilities to silently breach platfor...

Keeping Kids Safe Online Starts with Good Habits at Home

During the month of October, we celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month NCSAM. This long-running annual event is all about raising awareness about the importance of protecting our information and privacy online. And for some of us who may have allowed our good habits to lapse, it offers ...

NIST Cybersecurity Framework Series Part 2: Protect

A key goal of many chief information security officers is to bolster the protections the company uses to safeguard its most critical assets. This type of priority isn't difficult to understand in the current cybersecurity landscape - 360,000 new malicious files were discovered every day in 2017,...

Taking Healthcare Threat Protection to the Next Level with HITRUST

Healthcare organizations HCOs worldwide continue to be on the receiving end of cyber-attacks. But if we work together we have both the tools and motivation to turn this around. That’s why Trend Micro has been a long-time partner and advocate of the great work HITRUST is doing to help improve...

The Equifax Data Breach: What Do I Do Next?

On 8 September, credit reporting agency Equifax confessed to a major data breach. It affects 143 million Americans – nearly half of the US population – and 100,000 Canadian consumers. Unfortunately, this means that the hackers may have access to highly sensitive personal and financial information...

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...

4 Principles For Hybrid Cloud Success

The future is cloud. At this point in it’s evolution it’s undeniable. The questions facing organizations now are “how much?” and “how fast?” How do you map out a reasonable path to a cloud deployment? Few organizations will be 100 percent cloud and most will take years to migrate existing assets...

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...

Did you see what the Black Hat newsletter said about Trend Micro?

This year’s Black Hat® conference is right around the corner. Now, amazingly, in its 20th year, Black Hat is one of the world’s top gathering of information security professionals. Friends in the industry refer to this as “Security Summer Camp” and it’s true, between the training, briefings,...

This Week in Security News: February 2020 Patch Tuesday Update and Misconfigured AWS S3 Bucket Leaks 36,000 Inmate Records

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 more than 140 February Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and Adobe. Also, read about how an unsecured and unencrypted...

Trend Micro launches Trend Micro Cloud One™, a leading security services platform for cloud builders

Everything you need for cloud security Today, Trend Micro is excited to announce the launch of Trend Micro Cloud One, our new security services platform for cloud builders. This powerful new platform will help our customers simplify their hybrid and multi-cloud security. Cloud One gives you the...

This Week in Security News: Tax Scams and Spam Emails

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 how criminals can use tax deadlines for social engineering schemes and redirection URLs in spam emails to sidestep spam filters. Read...

AWS Security Hub and Deep Security

One of the biggest challenges in maintaining your security posture is visibility. You have security controls deployed throughout the stack, and each fo these tools is generating its own set of data points and has its own view of your deployment. Managing the multitude of alerts and events from...

Safeguarding the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure

In May of 1998, President Clinton issued Presidential Decision Directive 63: Protecting America’s Critical Infrastructures. This Directive proposed steps to enact the recommendations of the President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, published in October 1997. Twenty years on, h...

What financial service providers should know about blockchain: Opportunities and threats

It seems that every few years, an advanced and innovative new technology emerges and becomes the next big thing for organizations across different industries. Take the cloud and big data, for example - during their buzzword stage, these concepts were being attached to just about everything in the...

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...

This Week in Security News: Ransomware Campaigns Persist with WannaCry as Most Common

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 how a total of 118 new ransomware families emerged in the first half of 2018, but only 47 new ones debuted in the first six mont...

Trend Micro Named A Leader in 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms

Leadership. It’s a weighty term, although frequently it is used too lightly and all too often it’s a self-declared position. We believe, leaders can come and go, and leadership can be fleeting depending on the factors for long term success. It is for all these reasons, that we are proud, not only...

Migrating Network Protection to the Cloud with Confidence

For modern organizations, speed and agility is the key to success – built on enhanced IT efficiency and performance driven by the cloud. Anything less could see your business outpaced by the competition. As always, security must be a priority when migrating to the cloud, but network teams are bei...

AWS Invites Trend Micro to Give a Sneak Peek Of Our New Stuff

You can tell a lot by the company someone keeps. This is one of many reasons we are so proud to have been invited to present at an Amazon event today. Amazon is hosting an EKoS Day in San Francisco and will be highlighting their newly launched Amazon EKS offering. We are giving a sneak peek of th...

CVE-2024-21412: Water Hydra Targets Traders with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen Zero-Day

The APT group Water Hydra has been exploiting the zero-day Microsoft Defender SmartScreen vulnerability CVE-2024-21412 in its campaigns targeting financial market traders. This vulnerability, which has now been patched by Microsoft, was discovered and disclosed by the Trend Micro Zero Day...

CI/CD Pipeline: How to Overcome Set-Up Challenges

Explore the most common challenges organizations face when establishing a CI/CD pipeline and how to strategically overcome them...

Attacks on 5G Infrastructure From Users’ Devices

Crafted packets from cellular devices such as mobile phones can exploit faulty state machines in the 5G core to attack cellular infrastructure. Smart devices that critical industries such as defense, utilities, and the medical sectors use for their daily operations depend on the speed, efficiency...

“We Need COBOL Programmers!” No, You Probably Don’t

Editor's note: While this topic isn't entirely security-specific, Trend Micro leader William Malik, has career expertise on the trending topic and shared his perspective. ---- There was a provocative report recently that the Governor of New Jersey told reporters that the state of New Jersey neede...

The Wawa Breach: 30 Million Reasons to Try Dark Web Monitoring

We’re all getting a little more worldly wise to the dangers that lurk around every corner of our digital lives. We know that the flipside of being able to shop, chat, bank and share online at the push of a button is the risk of data theft, ransomware and identity fraud. That’s why we protect our...

This Week in Security News: Amazon Echo Hacked at Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 and Ransomware Attacks Hit Spanish Companies

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 a ransomware that is attacking Spanish companies and how nearly 50 adware apps were found on Google Play. Also, read about how a...

This Week in Security News: New Zero-Day Vulnerability Findings and Mobile Phishing Scams

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 how music festival goers need to be on guard for phishing attacks when trying to find a lost iPhone. Also, read how Trend Micro...

Beauty Out of Chaos: Elevating Cybersecurity to an Art Form – Part 1

How many of you can remember what it was like managing IT security 10 years ago? How about two decades? The truth is that the landscape was so utterly different back then that any comparisons with today are a little unfair. Yet they’re useful in one key regard: to teach us just how complex and...

Inspiring Gender Diversity at Women of the Channel Leadership Summit

At Trend Micro we’re proud to be walking the talk on gender diversity — from our co-founder and CEO, Eva Chen, all the way down. It’s always been a keen part of our corporate culture, from the very beginning 30 years ago. But we also realize that there’s still a major diversity challenge facing t...

Four Ways Layered Security Will Improve Your Detection and Response

It’s widely understood by cybersecurity professionals today that it’s no longer a case of if your organization gets attacked online but when. Trend Micro blocked more than 20.4 billion threats in the first half of 2018 alone, and the ready availability of “as-a-service” toolkits will continue to...