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This Week in Security News: Fake Apps & Malicious Bots
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 the adoption of mobile banking services has grown as an opportunity for scammers with fake banking apps. Also, see how Trickbot...
How to Remove Malware from Your MacOS Computer
Who says Macs don’t get viruses? If you think Windows is a virus magnet, the claim that Macs are completely immune to viruses is false. They may be less frequent and common than the Windows variety, but they do exist. But you’re not helpless against the malware onslaught. There are plenty of ways...
This Week in Security News: Air Canada and Cryptojacking
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, Air Canada reported a data breach that exposed passport details for more than 20,000 customers on their mobile app. Also, Trend Micro’s...
How mobile threats impact today’s BYOD landscape
Bring-your-own-device BYOD has been a revolutionary concept for years now, even before it was recognized by enterprise policy. However, now that business executives and IT leaders have realized the benefits this type of strategy for their organizations, BYOD is becoming an increasingly powerful w...
Mapping the Journey to GDPR Compliance: Who’s got the wheel?
With so many different areas of the company involved in our journey to becoming compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR by May 25th, it was essential for us to have a strong program manager mapping our route. The GDPR enforces the idea that every company should to be aware of...
2017’s Biggest Threats and What CISOs Can do to Mitigate Risks in 2018
Enterprise Risk Management ERM is getting harder every day. According to the World Economic Forum‘s 2018 Global Risks Perception Survey, cyber attacks and data theft are 3 and 4 respectively of the top 5 likely risks organizations will face this year. This is not surprising, in 2017 CISOs the wor...
The New Email Security Technologies Powered by XGen™
Today we are excited to introduce new email security technologies powered by XGen™ and a new product, Smart Protection for Office 365. This new service combines the advantages of both an email gateway with an API service integrated solution to provide complete threat protection for Microsoft Offi...
The Wrong Way to Pick a Security Vendor
For a number of years, we've worked with and supported our Managed Service Provider MSP partners at Trend Micro and I've seen and heard a lot in that time. Over time, we’ve noticed a few trends when it comes to MSPs choosing a security vendor to partner with, and in an effort to save you some...
What to Consider When Choosing a Security Vendor
Picking a security vendor for your managed service business should be about business model alignment, not product cost. If you’re a seasoned managed service provider MSP, you are already very familiar with the benefits of the pay-as-you-go business model. In fact, it’s most likely how you sell yo...
This Week in Security News: How Researchers Used an App Store to Demonstrate Hacks on a Factory and Microsoft Again Surpasses 100 Vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday
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 how researchers at Trend Micro used an app store to demonstrate hacks on a manufacturing facility. Also, learn about this month’s...
This Week in Security News: LokiBot Impersonates Popular Game Launcher and DRBControl Espionage Operation Hits Gambling, Betting 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 variant of LokiBot that has been discovered impersonating a popular game launcher, known for Fortnite, to trick users into...
Defend Yourself Now and in the Future Against Mobile Malware
The world has gone mobile and the US is leading the way. It’s estimated that that the number of smartphone users alone topped 257 million in the States in 2018. That means three-quarters 74% of households now boast at least one mobile device. And in this new digital world, it’s mobile application...
3 Reasons MSPs Must Evolve Beyond Endpoint Detection and Response
Endpoint protection is a critical component of a security strategy. But it’s not enough. Today’s threat landscape is so wide and varied, it requires round-the-clock monitoring, full visibility into IT environments and a multilayered approach to keep hackers at bay. For MSPs, this creates a sizabl...
The Sky Has Already Fallen (you just haven’t seen the alert yet)
Of course, the much-touted “Cybersecurity Skills Shortage” isn’t news to anyone, or it shouldn’t be. For seven or more years, journalists, industry analysts and practitioners have been opining about it one way or another. Analyses and opinions vary on how we have reached this impasse, my own bein...
FAKE APPS!—courtesy of Agent Smith
As new mobile malware sweeps the globe, here’s how to keep your device secure. We’re spending more and more of our lives online and for most of us the door to this digital world is our smartphone. It’s the first thing we look at when we wake up and the last thing we check at night. It’s where we ...
Innovate or Die?
The recent series of IT acquisitions and IPOs highlight a simple economic fact: companies that fail to keep up with the fast-paced innovation of technology can easily become targets for acquisition. Mark Twain put it this way: History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. As a former Gartner...
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 continuing cybersecurity attacks targeting small governments. Also, read how XDR, Trend Micro’s newest solution, is more...
Continuing Education On Cyber Threats And Defenses
Anyone who has been in cybersecurity for any length of time knows, the threat landscape is constantly changing and requires regularly monitoring of news, blogs, podcasts, and other ways to ensure you know what is happening today. I have tried to bring this information to the public since starting...
How Likely Is Your Organization to Be Breached?
Trend Micro and the Ponemon Institute teamed up to produce a new Cyber Risk Index CRI, which will be updated every six months. Today I want to dive a bit deeper into the results found in the inaugural survey that went out to more than 1,000 IT professionals and executives within organizations bas...
Third Party Testing of Security is a Very Big Deal for Customers
User Reviews + Test Results Peer reviews are an important part of product selection. Everything I buy on Amazon and most other things I buy I check for reviews first. That’s the “do I like it” or the test-drive part of the selection. But the “how well does it work” part is lab testing. I’m not...
Part 1: Mobile Banking and Buying – The Good and the Bad
Banking and buying with your mobile device is powerful and convenient—and in some ways safer than using your bank card. You can check your balance, make secure payments, deposit checks, and transfer funds. You can even connect your debit or credit card to Apple or Google Pay or another payment...
Keys to Safeguarding Consumer Data in 2019
Businesses and providers typically collect certain details from their customers in order to support service delivery. This information has always been a top target for hackers, but given the high level and rising sophistication of threats, it's more imperative than ever to ensure it's protected...
Security In A DevOps World
Originally presented at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2018, "Security In A DevOps World" examines the challenges and benefits of integrating security technology and thinking into the development process at the early stages. The slides are designed to assist in the presentation of...
A Five-Year Journey: How Trend Micro Helped Bring Down Scan4You
Trend Micro has always had a close relationship with law enforcement around the globe, because we believe that only together can we make the world a safer place in which to exchange digital information. As the business of cybercrime continues to grow and evolve, so must our response. That’s why w...
Endpoint Security Testing Matters: New NSS AEP Test Results
NSS Labs, Inc. has just released the 2018 edition of their Advanced Endpoint Protection testing, and Trend Micro’s endpoint solutions have performed very well, resulting in a “recommended” rating. We had strong performance on “security effectiveness,” meaning that we detected and blocked threats...
This Week in Security News: IT Pros and Cyberthreats
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, 62 percent of IT decision makers report that on-premises security is safer than the cloud, and a new report says 68 percent of businesses ar...
A Top Employer in Canada for the Second Year in a Row
Trend Micro has been protecting governments, businesses and consumers from cyber-threats for more than 28 years. Right from the start, our founders were keen to emphasize the important role played by corporations in society as a whole. To that end, we’ve always been an active participant in...
Bad Rabbit Ransomware – What is it and how to stay safe
Trend Micro is tracking multiple reports of ransomware infections, known as Bad Rabbit, in many countries around the world. A suspected variant of Petya, Bad Rabbit is ransomware—malicious software that infects a computer and restricts user access to the infected machine until a ransom is paid to...
What are the Benefits of Attribution?
Whodunnit? The superior detective dazzles us with brilliance, skill, and patience to unmask the bad guy. The interplay of forensic science and psychological insight have fascinated us from Sherlock Holmes to the CSI television series. Sometimes the answer is completely surprising, as in Murder on...
SMS PVA Part 3: Countries Most Impacted by Service
In this final part, we discuss the countries most affected by SMS PVA services as well as lay out several recommendations to mitigate the risks of such threats...
The Fear of Vendor Lock-in Leads to Cloud Failures
Vendor lock-in has been an often-quoted risk since the mid-1990’s. Fear that by investing too much with one vendor, an organization reduces their options in the future. Was this a valid concern? Is it still today? The Risk Organizations walk a fine line with their technology vendors. Ideally, you...
This Week in Security News: ZDI Bug Hunters Rake in $1.5M in 2019 and Metamorfo Trojan Malware Campaign Targets Online Banking Users
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 Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative’s $1.5 million in awards and other noteworthy milestones in 2019. Also, learn about a crafty...
The Everyday Cyber Threat Landscape: Trends from 2019 to 2020
The past 12 months have been another bumper year for cybercrime affecting everyday users of digital technology. Trend Micro blocked more than 26.8 billion of these threats in the first half of 2019 alone. The bad news is that there are many more out there waiting to steal your personal data for...
Research Drives Protection
The threat landscape has changed often in the 22 years I’ve been working at Trend Micro and it will continue to change for many more years. We in cybersecurity are constantly at battle with hackers and threat actors who look to infect our customers using the many tactics available to them. Our jo...
The BEC List: Helping Thwart Business Email Compromise through Collaboration
Today, the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group M3AAWG gave the JD Falk Award to the Business Email Compromise BEC List. The BEC List comprises cybersecurity firms, researchers and internet infrastructure companies that help deal with cybercriminal activities and schemes. The JD...
How Do I Make My Windows 10 Computer Run Faster? (Part 2)
Nobody wants to endure the frustration of a poorly performing laptop or desktop. People just want their machines to work as intended, whenever they switch on or log-in. So whether your home PC is used for shopping, social media, storing important family photos and documents, remote working, or al...
The New Mobile Threat Landscape, circa 2017 to 2018
Submitted by Ian Grutze If mobile threats diversified and expanded in 2016, they matured in 2017. Mobile ransomware continued to rear its head, burgeoning into the platform’s most prevalent threat. Simple screen lockers, for instance, evolved into file-encrypting malware, some of which even seeme...
How can I tell if my PC is infected?
4 signs your PC might be infected with malware – by Brook Stein, Director of Product Management Years ago, computer hackers would brag about how many PCs they infected as a means of showing off their programming skills. They created newsworthy viruses with names like the "ILOVEYOU" or “Anna...
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...
What Can The Dark Web Teach Us About Enterprise Security?
Ever since the law enforcement takedown of the Silk Road underground marketplace in 2013, there has been increasing interest in the depth and breadth of the Deep Web. This portion of the internet has been largely shrouded from the public eye, representing an environment in which hackers can...
CVE-2023-36025 Exploited for Defense Evasion in Phemedrone Stealer Campaign
This blog delves into the Phemedrone Stealer campaign's exploitation of CVE-2023-36025, the Windows Defender SmartScreen Bypass vulnerability, for its defense evasion and investigates the malware's payload...
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...
This Week in Security News: Security and Privacy Issues
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, understand how Trend Micro Deep Security service will be integrating with AWS Security Hub. Also, learn how to prevent risks and secure...
Dr. Cleaner Review 2018: Is it the Best Mac Cleanup App?
"Why choose Dr. Cleaner?" This is a common question that many people want to ask as there were too many cleanup apps for the Mac and many don't know which one is the best one or safe to use. However, do not simply believe that there are no viruses or adware found on the macOS. Once you download...
Trend Micro Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms
The endpoint security market is quite dynamic right now, with lots of new entrants, and ongoing innovation for improving threat detection and response. In the midst of all this market energy we are very pleased to be named a Leader in Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platform...
Trend Micro Capture the Flag: Train security professionals – Close the skills gap
Businesses today face a security challenge: Protecting their systems and data is vital, but there aren’t enough qualified employees who can successfully make that happen. Similarly, young cybersecurity professionals need to overcome the gap between what is learned in a classroom and the practical...
Further Advances the State of Cyber Threat Information Sharing into Cyber Threat Management and Response
Healthcare organizations HCOs are not immune to large-scale cyberattacks, as evident by the most recent attacks WannaCry and Petya. In fact, HCOs are an attractive target for hackers because of the immense amount of personally identifiable information housed in their systems. The industry is wide...
What We Know About CVE-2024-49112 and CVE-2024-49113
This blog entry provides an overview of CVE-2024-49112 and CVE-2024-49113 and includes information that IT and SOC professionals need to know to stay protected against possible exploitation...
How Trend Micro Managed Detection and Response Pressed Pause on a Play Ransomware Attack
Using the Trend Micro Vision One platform, our MDR team was able to quickly identify and contain a Play ransomware intrusion attempt...
Making the digital world safer, one Tesla at a time
Contestants gather at Pwn2Own Vancouver to showcase their skills and uncover vulnerabilities...