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Bargains and brotherhood: The underground Digital Souks of the Middle East
The release of our report “Digital Souks: A glimpse into the Middle Eastern and North African underground” marks the 12th in our Cybercriminal Underground Economy Series CUES. Having previously published several papers covering the Japanese, French, German, North American, Chinese, Russian and...
TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of October 2, 2017
Have you ever read something online and you read a word as something else? Sometimes the weight of our eyelids makes our eyes deceive us after hours staring at a computer screen. As I stated to read a Zero Day Initiative blog published this week by Simon Zuckerbraun, instead of reading the word...
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...
When Phishing Starts from the Inside
A growing concern of security professionals is internal phishing attacks - phishing emails sent from one trusted user to another of the same organization. Internal phishing emails are used in multi-stage attacks in which an email account is owned either by controlling the users device with...
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...
National Cyber Security Awareness Month for Organizations
The month of October 2017 is again the National Cyber Security Awareness Month NCSAM for individuals and organizations. This year’s theme is shared responsibility which is something we’ve been talking a lot about when it comes to public cloud support for many years. This year Trend Micro will be...
TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of September 25, 2017
A couple of years back, I remember working at a tradeshow booth and giving a demo to someone who was interested in our solution. He said, “Your solution is great, but I need something that will not let anyone from the outside in my network and I need something that will not let my employees do...
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...
Helping Mobile Operators Keep Customers Safe with Virtualized Network Security
At Trend Micro we’re always looking for innovative new ways to support our customers and help overcome their cybersecurity challenges. Mobile network operators MNOs are increasingly adopting virtualization and software acceleration technologies to become more agile in how they deploy and operate...
Attack The Machines: The lucrative business of ATM malware
Trend Micro and Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre EC3 today released a publicly available report on the ATM malware landscape. This builds on the 2016 report that was privately released to financial institutions and law enforcement agencies globally. The report digs into the depth and breadth ...
Endpoint isn’t the best place to block threats
Hackers often look for a number of ways to target business users, compromise critical systems and get away with sensitive information or money. These attacks can come from email and web sources, and even infect business endpoints. According to a 2015 industry survey, 73 percent of respondents...
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...
TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of September 18, 2017
The Morton Salt slogan “When it rains it pours” refers to its free flowing salt with a pouring spot and is a variation of the proverb “It never rains but it pours.” Unfortunately, Mother Nature has taken the proverb literally. This has been a devastating hurricane season for the United States and...
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...
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...
Supporting Healthcare Organizations Through IT Recovery
As we all return to work from the summer holidays, we at Trend Micro reflect on what we have seen in the threat landscape over the first six months of 2017 with the release of our 2017 Mid-Year Security Roundup. It takes me back to the two major attacks that we witnessed, and I was ‘lucky’ enough...
Ransomware Updates: Newest Threats, Protection Best Practices
Ransomware has consistently been in the spotlight since attacks first began emerging a few years ago. Now that new and powerful samples like WannaCry are being used to infiltrate large-scale organizations, ransomware continues to grab headlines. According to Trend Micro, one of the latest...
IoT Device Security At Home
My girlfriend read something that worried her about the security risks posed by Internet of Things IoT devices at home. She had recently purchased a new TV, and she has an older home security system. She asked if her privacy might be at risk. We talked about the kinds of problems an unprotected...
Trend Micro Security’s Layered Protection, XGen™ Machine Learning, and Folder Shield Protect You Against Unknown Ransomware and Malware
On May 12 of 2017, the WannaCry ransomware struck across the globe, encrypting computers by exploiting a critical vulnerability in Windows, first discovered by the US National Security Agency. Among its first targets were the British National Health Service, Federal Express, and Telefonica, but...
Towards a Safer Internet for All: Winners of New Brunswick Video Contest Announced
Today more than ever, society needs to come together to work towards a better and safer future for all our children. This doesn’t just mean members of the public: companies can and should play a key role in helping to support worthy causes. Global citizenship and cyber security are two issues tha...
TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of September 11, 2017
In last week’s blog, I mentioned the Apache Struts vulnerability, which is still making headlines as estimates show that as many as 65 percent of Fortune 500 companies use it in some form. In addition, Equifax claims it has played a role in their breach affecting more than 143 million Americans. ...
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...
Grading our Predictions: See how we fared in 1H 2017
In December of last year, we released eight predictions as to what we thought the 2017 cybersecurity landscape would hold. Although we’ve definitely observed new trends and attacks that we didn’t foresee, we’ve also seen several of our predictions play out as anticipated. With only three and a ha...
Equifax Breach – an Example of Good Communications
Equifax announced a massive breach that could impact at least 143 million US consumers. That’s 44 percent of the US population. This breach will have a significant impact on a lot of people. Companies in the financial sector take cybersecurity very seriously. Part of that work is accepting the...
TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of September 4, 2017
Earlier this week, a ‘severe’ vulnerability was discovered in Apache Struts, an open source framework for developing applications in Java. The vulnerability, CVE-2017-9805, affects all versions of Struts since 2008 and all applications using the framework’s REST plugin are vulnerable. Trend Micro...
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...
UNITEDRAKE Looms Large…Maybe
Responsible disclosure is a critical process in the security community. It’s the way for security researchers and vendors to work together in order to improve system security for users. We see the opposite of this process in the digital underground. Cybercriminals often sell exploits and maliciou...
An Established Solution for Mobile Threats
As much as smartphones and applications have evolved over the years, so has mobile malware. We’re seeing an increasing number of threats—from mobile ransomware and auto-clicking adware to dangerous backdoors that can compromise your privacy. And there are also legitimate personal applications tha...
Smartphones Under Fire: Why We Need to Keep Our Android Devices Safe
If there’s one thing we know about cybercrimnals it’s that where there’s people and money, they will surely follow. With an estimated 1.4 billion Android devices in use today, it’s not hard to see why they might have your smartphone in their sights. Attacks on Android devices made up 81 percent o...
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...
TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of August 28, 2017
The only topic I can bring up this week is the devastation in Texas caused by Hurricane Harvey. Many cities have been completely destroyed and to add insult to injury, Harvey moved back to the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall again in Louisiana. Catastrophic flooding has left tens of thousands...
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...
VMworld 2017 Recap
VMware featured a number of great announcements at VMworld 2017 including VMware Cloud on AWS. VMware customers can now run new or existing virtualized workloads in the AWS cloud while maintaining their current VMware tools and skill sets. This announcement provides an important shift in the hybr...
How hackers have improved their BEC attack methods
Email is increasingly an integral part of global life, but business email compromise BEC attacks could place these communications at risk. Research by The Radicati Group found that 2.9 billion people worldwide will be using email portals by 2019. Each business user will send 126 messages daily by...
It’s Back to School Time, So How Do I Keep My Child Safe Online?
The end of the summer can be a pretty stressful time for parents as well as their kids. Apart from the prospect of a return to school, there’s a whole checklist of items to get ready. Schoolbag? Check. Sports kit? Check. Smartphone? Check. Internet safety guide? Errr… The truth is that today, the...
Petya expands its scope: A global ransomware threat
Ransomware remains a formidable threat for individual users and businesses alike, particularly as new sample families continue to be discovered by security researchers. What makes ransomware so dangerous is the fact that victims are denied access to their most important files and data - a problem...
Extend Protection to VMWare Cloud on AWS with Trend Micro™ Deep Security™
On August 28th at VMworld 2017 in Las Vegas, VMware announced initial availability for their unique offering called 'VMware Cloud on AWS' allowing customers to run VMware workloads on the AWS cloud. This means customers can take advantage of agile cloud infrastructure all the while maintaining...
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...
TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of August 21, 2017
In last week’s blog entry, I mentioned the fact that the Zero Day Initiative ZDI published two zero-day advisories ZDI-17-691 and ZDI-17-692 for vulnerabilities found in Foxit Reader after Foxit failed to meet the 120-day deadline outlined in ZDI’s disclosure policy. Since the public disclosure,...
Phishing: A Main Concern for Enterprise Security
IT leaders have an array of considerations they must factor into company security planning, not the least of which include the most current threats. Armed with knowledge about the most pressing IT protection pain points, administrators can work proactively to ensure their organization's...
The biggest ransomware threat could be in your pocket
WannaCry and NotPetya ransomware attacks in recent months have reignited concern over just how these threats occur. As a result, many leaders have reinvigorated their security efforts regarding computer vulnerabilities. However, they might be missing another big endpoint susceptible to ransomware...
Targeted Attack Landscape: A Continuing Threat
When planning the cyber defenses of an organization, it's important to factor in the total threat landscape - including continuing threats as well as emerging security issues. In this way, organizations can create a more holistic data protection posture. While not seen in many headlines currently...
Ransomware is Here to Stay: So How Do I Protect My Data?
Ransomware is the gift that keeps on giving for cybercriminals. Google research revealed recently that online extortionists have managed to grab more than $25 million from their victims over the past two years. Other estimates suggest businesses and netizens handed over as much as $1 billion in...
MindPoint Group and Trend Micro Help Secure NASA’s Successful Journey to the AWS Cloud
For decades NASA has launched countless successful explorations into space, but just recently took on the mission of launching their data into the cloud, similarly to many other organizations today. With the help of MindPoint Group using Trend Micro Deep Security, powered by XGen™, this was yet...
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...
Level up your cybersecurity journey with CLOUDSEC 2017
Beginning this month, Trend Micro will be hosting CLOUDSEC, one of the largest cybersecurity conferences across Asia-Pacific and Europe. The event features presentations and panel discussions from industry experts and thought leaders who will discuss high-level strategies, forward looking securit...
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...
TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of August 14, 2017
One of my favorite movies is the 1999 comedy “Galaxy Quest,” which features the cast of a science-fiction television series similar to Star Trek. In the movie, the crew is visited by real aliens who ask them for help against an intergalactic adversary because they believe that Galaxy Quest is a...
Trend Micro Identified as a Representative Vendor for its Protection Capabilities For Cloud Workloads
We are proud to be included in this year’s Gartner Market Guide for Cloud Workload Protection Platforms report, which included 24 security leaders in Cloud Workload Protection solutions. Trend Micro was identified with 16 out of 21 capabilities listed by Gartner. Trend Micro delivers unique serve...