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Security report for H1 2021 shows active cloud attacks
Original article from Trend Micro Security researchers at Trend Micro have analysed the threats and attacks of the first half…
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September 14, 2021
Cryptocurrencies as fire accelerators
by Richard Werner, Business Consultant The emergence of cryptocurrencies over ten years ago was the basis for today’s attack boom…
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September 13, 2021
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Most supply chain attacks target supplier’s code—ENISA
Cybersecurity experts have long been concerned about supply chain attacks because a single attack can wreak havoc and compromise a…
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September 16, 2021
Security report for H1 2021 shows active cloud attacks
Original article from Trend Micro Security researchers at Trend Micro have analysed the threats and attacks of the first half…
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September 14, 2021
Cryptocurrencies as fire accelerators
by Richard Werner, Business Consultant The emergence of cryptocurrencies over ten years ago was the basis for today’s attack boom…
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September 13, 2021
ENISA says System Failure is on the Rise
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) recently released two annual reports on telecom security incidents and trust security incidents…
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September 9, 2021
The Underground Exploit Market and the Importance of Virtual Patching
Over the past two calendar years, we conducted research on the underground exploit market to learn more about the life…
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September 7, 2021
Key Takeaways from the Linux Threat Report
The vast majority of the cloud environments are built using Linux as their foundation, and most of the major cloud…
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September 6, 2021
The First Half of 2021 Cyber Risk Index
Continuing our support to bring information that can help organizations minimize their risk of a cyber-attack, we’re pleased to share…
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August 31, 2021
Empowering T-Mobile Consumers
The recent news of T-Mobile being breached and 40 million customers’ personal information potentially being sold on the dark web…
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August 30, 2021
Supply Chain Attacks from a Managed Detection and Response Perspective
Introduction Modern technology has made managing large IT environments much less daunting compared to the past, when each endpoint had…
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August 25, 2021
“The cloud is the basis for sustainable business models”
From Trend Micro Cloud transformation in finance is picking up speed. In an interview, Kay Buchheister, Senior Executive Finance &…
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August 25, 2021
Human weaknesses in security
By Richard Werner, Business Consultant Classic cyber attacks often start with an email. A user opens it and unsuspectingly clicks…
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August 19, 2021
Detecting PrintNightmare Exploit Attempts using Trend Micro Vision One and Cloud One
PrintNightmare is one of the latest set of exploits abused for the Print Spooler vulnerabilities that have been identified as…
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August 17, 2021
How to navigate open source licensing risks
In alignment with the acceleration of digital transformation, the use of open source code components is exploding thanks to the…
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August 12, 2021
Risks in Telecommunications IT
Telecommunications is just one aspect of a 200-year-old field of research in IT. In our latest report, “Islands of Telecom:…
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August 11, 2021
Newark Releases Latest Global IoT Trends Report
Newark, a high-service distributor of technology products, services, and solutions for electronics system design, maintenance, and repair, recently released its Global…
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August 11, 2021
New Collaboration with Adobe and MAPP
Information sharing has never been a challenge in the cybercrime underground. Threat actors routinely trade stolen data, best practices and…
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August 5, 2021
TeamTNT Campaigns Emphasize Importance of Addressing Cloud Security Gaps
Having covered TeamTNT in several of our blog entries over the past couple of years, we embarked on a research…
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August 3, 2021
Main Considerations for Securing Enterprise 5G Networks
As an oft-quoted movie line asserts, “With great power comes great responsibility.” This can also be applied to securing technologies:…
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August 3, 2021
With 5G coming, it’s time to plug security gaps
With all the excitement around large-scale public 5G network deployments, it’s easy to forget that private enterprise networks will be…
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July 29, 2021
Reduce Instances of Covid-19 Phishing Email Attacks
In my previous post, I focused on how the report we commissioned Ostermann Research to conduct showed the challenges with…
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July 27, 2021
NSO Group debate: Responsible disclosure versus profit
by Richard Werner, Business Consultant A few days ago, in a globally coordinated coverage, various media houses uncovered a cybersecurity…
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July 27, 2021
#NoFilter: Exposing the Tactics of Instagram Account Hackers
Numerous people use social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for both personal and business purposes. Instagram alone has over…
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July 22, 2021
Survey: Phishing & Ransomware Attacks are Top Concerns
We were happy to sponsor the latest research report from Osterman Research, How to Reduce the Risk of Phishing and…
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July 21, 2021
Threats Ride on the Covid-19 Vaccination Wave
While the pandemic pushed enterprises and users to adapt to different changes, we continued to monitor the cybersecurity threats that…
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July 20, 2021
Best Practices for Social Media Security
Social media has become an integral part of peoples’ lives, as it is a primary channel through which we get…
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July 16, 2021
Still Leading In Endpoint And Cloud Workload Security
Things aren’t getting any easier for your average IT security or cloud security buyer. The pandemic has exposed new security…
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July 15, 2021
Cloud security for banks – secure in the cloud with virtual patching
From Trend Micro Available everywhere, as cheaply as possible and preferably digitally – these are the demands customers make on…
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July 14, 2021
Catastrophic IT security?
Comment by Dirk Arendt, Head of Government, Public & Healthcare at Trend Micro Germany After a serious cyber attack, the…
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July 13, 2021
Supply chain attack via Kaseya – the recurring pattern
Comment by Richard Werner, Business Consultant at Trend Micro Over the July 4 U.S. National Day weekend, a cyberattack hit…
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July 9, 2021
MaComp: Hurdle or help for the way to the cloud? Write a reply
There is no longer an alternative for banks: Those who want to continue to play a role in the competition…
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July 8, 2021
Secure Secrets: Managing Authentication Credentials
This entry aims to introduce and impress upon organizations the importance of proper secret management in today’s environments, as a…
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July 6, 2021
Top Countries With ICS Endpoint Malware Detections
The ever-increasing interconnection between IT and OT in Industrial Control Systems (ICS) promotes efficiency but also makes it susceptible to threats. Organizations…
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July 1, 2021
Security Resources Now on AWS CloudFormation Templates
AWS CloudFormation allows customers to automate and scale cloud native infrastructure deployments using AWS services. For these services, as part…
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June 30, 2021
Consolidate For A Secure Digital Transformation
The expedited move to digital transformation has been a lifeline for organizations during the pandemic. Rapid investments in cloud services,…
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June 29, 2021
User Protection – Protect your users from cyberattacks
Threats are constantly evolving. They aim to gain access to your sensitive company system through your users. The video explains…
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June 28, 2021
Is this the “Summer of Cybercrime”?
With the news increasingly being flooded with cyber attacks, and summer just around the corner, will this be the summer…
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June 28, 2021
How Enterprises can Deflect Million-Dollar Ransomware Demands
Ransomware has a long history with big business, as malicious actors have been known to set their sights on targets…
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June 24, 2021
Operational Technology Security – The Solution for your Healthcare Processes
OT stands for Operational Technology. This refers to both hardware and software that control and monitor physical devices. The video…
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June 23, 2021
Ransomware Double Extortion and Beyond: REvil, Clop, and Conti
By Janus Agcaoili, Miguel Ang, Earle Earnshaw, Byron Gelera, and Nikko Tamaña The incorporation of double extortion is a turning point in the ongoing evolution…
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June 22, 2021
Securing Operational Technology – The Solution for Your Industrial Processes
OT stands for Operational Technology. This refers to both hardware and software that control and monitor physical devices. The video…
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June 21, 2021
Amazon Prime Day: Big Sales, Big Scams
Malicious actors taking advantage of important events is not a new trend. For example, a large number of tax-related scams…
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June 21, 2021
Personal & Professional Challenges Facing SecOps Teams
It’s easy to forget that cybersecurity is fundamentally about people. Attacks are launched by threat actors, phishing emails are opened…
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June 15, 2021
Modern Ransomware’s Double Extortion Tactics and How to Protect Enterprises Against Them
Ransomware actors have been a persistent threat for years, but they are still evolving. The wide adoption of advanced cybersecurity…
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June 10, 2021
Threats From a Compromised 4G/5G Campus Network
Over the past two decades, industrial sectors and everyday users have reaped the benefits of advancements in telecom technologies. At…
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June 10, 2021
Looking Ahead: The Post-Pandemic Security Landscape
One year into the pandemic, our team at Trend Micro discussed the lasting impact that Covid-19 will have on people’s way of life and what a post-pandemic “new normal” might look like. The coronavirus has…
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June 9, 2021
DarkSide on Linux: Virtual Machines Targeted
As we discussed in our previous blog, the DarkSide ransomware is targeting organizations in manufacturing, finance, and critical infrastructures in…
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June 7, 2021
Manage Open Source Code Security Risks
The adoption of open source code has increased exponentially over the past decade, with a large percentage of commercial software…
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June 3, 2021
Open Source Vulnerabilities Converging DevOps & SecOps
Workplace evolution is in favor of traditional siloes being torn down and replaced with increased cross-functional collaboration, working in lockstep…
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June 2, 2021
Physical Datacenter Security and Threat Mitigation
The physical security of a datacenter (DC) likely conjures thoughts of man traps, push bar doors, locks, heating and cooling…
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May 31, 2021
TeamTNT’s Extended Credential Harvester Targets Cloud Services, Other Software
Keeping secrets safe is key to keeping systems secure and preventing supply-chain attacks. Malicious actors often go after secrets in…
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May 27, 2021
Viola Amherd & Myla Pilao – Challenges & opportunities in cybercrime, personal & societal.
In connection with the upcoming “Women in Cyber Days Switzerland 2021“, Trend Micro’s Director of Technical Marketing Myla Pilao was…
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May 25, 2021
ZDI Tops Omdia Vulnerability Disclosures Again
The Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) again dominated the number of disclosed vulnerabilities for the 13th year in a…
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May 25, 2021
Colonia Pipeline Hack: Dawn of a New Era?
Something unusual has just happened, and in the flood of daily news, the little note has more or less been…
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May 21, 2021
Open source protection that security teams will love
Thanks to open source, you can meet business demands to build and deploy applications quickly—that’s why it sometimes makes up…
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May 20, 2021
Mutated Scams: How to Protect Yourself from Pandemic-Fueled Cyberfraud
Users are more likely to trust technology today than a year ago. Since the pandemic started, devices and apps have…
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May 18, 2021
What We Know About the DarkSide Ransomware and the US Pipeline Attack
On May 7, a ransomware attack forced Colonial Pipeline, a company responsible for nearly half the fuel supply for the…
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May 17, 2021
Tips to avoid the new wave of ransomware attacks
There have been a lot of changes in ransomware over time. We want to help you protect your organization from…
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May 17, 2021
MITRE ATT&CK for Containers: Why It Matters
Containers are used to run applications independently from the runtime environment. I still mentally picture containers as the embodied little…
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May 11, 2021
Legitimate Tools Weaponized for Ransomware in 2021
Original article by Janus Agcaoili und Earle Earnshaw As ransomware operators continue to equip themselves with more weapons in their…
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May 10, 2021
Weaponized Deepfakes Are Getting Closer to Reality
Original article by Rik Ferguson, VP, Security Research The first malicious use of video deepfakes may have been observed, making…
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May 6, 2021
The Storybook Approach to MITRE ATT&CK
Original article Trend Micro The MITRE ATT&CK® knowledge base is an extremely valuable tool that helps drive advancement and alignment…
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May 4, 2021
Cyber-insurers Endorse Cloud Security Platform
The global cybersecurity market was set to be worth nearly $124 billion by the end of 2020, according to Gartner….
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April 29, 2021
Protecting LoRaWAN Hardware from Attacks in the Wild
Original article by Sébastien Dudek, Threat Researcher Enterprises and smart cities have readily adopted LoRaWAN technology because of its versatility…
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April 29, 2021
Return to Sender: Preventing Ransomware While Working From Home
by Trend Micro Ransomware has been plaguing enterprises and employees for years now, with sophisticated strains capable of grinding whole…
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April 29, 2021
The Nightmares of Patch Management: The Status Quo and Beyond
Original article by Trend Micro As the value of data increases together with continuous discoveries about what can be done…
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April 29, 2021
IHBaaS: IoT-Hardware & -Backend as a Service
by Udo Schneider, IoT Security Evangelist Europe Many of today’s IoT devices, including those from well-known manufacturers, originate from a…
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April 29, 2021
Keeping Cyber Risk Under Control
Original article by Joe Weiss (Applied Control Solutions) und Richard Ku Enterprises and industrial facilities rely on control systems to…
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April 20, 2021
Security 101: Protecting Serverless and Container Applications with RASP (Runtime Application Self-Protection)
Original article by Trend Micro The demand for container and serverless technologies has increased in recent years. According to a…
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April 20, 2021
Becoming A CVE Numbering Authority
Original article by Jonn Perez, Sr. Director, Vulnerability Response (PSIRT) and Global Programs As a global security company, Trend Micro…
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April 20, 2021
Pwn2Own 2021 – Schedule and Live Results
by Trend Micro For the second time, the renowned three-day hacking competition Pwn2Own 2021 was held online on the web….
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April 20, 2021
Websites Hosting Cracks Spread Malware, Adware
Original article Jaromir Horejsi, Joseph C Chen We investigated a number of websites with cracks and pirated software that start…
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April 6, 2021
Dark Marketing for Criminals – A Welcome Side Effect of Attacks
by Richard Werner, Business Consultant Dark marketing is a phenomenon that occurs in the…
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April 1, 2021
Trend Micro Vision One: Tracking Conti Ransomware
Original article Alvin Nieto, Mark Vicente, RonJay Caragay, Miguel Carlo Ang, McJustine De Guzman, Emmanuel Evangelista, Divina Chua, Marco Dela…
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April 1, 2021
Future of P2P IoT Botnets
Original article Mayra Rosario Fuentes, Stephen Hilt, Robert McArdle, Fernando Merces, David Sancho, Threat Researchers The internet of things (IoT)…
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April 1, 2021
Learning from the disaster
by Dirk Arendt, Head of Government & Public at Trend Micro Germany The…
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March 29, 2021
So test whoever joins …
von Udo Schneider, IoT Security Evangelist Europe For some, the Internet of Things is…
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March 29, 2021
Trend Micro + ROS-I: Building a more secure future
Original article Trend Micro One of the secrets of Trend Micro’s long-lasting success is being constantly on the lookout for…
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March 24, 2021
Security 101: Virtual Patching
Original article Trend Micro As an enterprise’s online infrastructures become more complex —…
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March 24, 2021
The solution for detecting cyber attacks.
Even a current IT security solution does not guarantee 100 per cent protection. Our video explains why. You…
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March 22, 2021
Identifying Weak Parts of a Supply Chain
by David Fiser The now-infamous Orion Solar Winds case caused a lot of noise in both the cybersecurity community and…
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March 22, 2021
The future of social engineering – or no end to “human error”
von Richard Werner, Business Consultant Most employees start their workday by checking their mail inbox. Most of the messages there…
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March 22, 2021
Emotet One Month After the Takedown
Original article: Erin Johnson 2021 got off to a fantastic start for the cybersecurity community with the news that the…
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March 15, 2021
Earth Vetala – MuddyWater Continues to Target Organizations in the Middle East
Original article: Adi Peretz, Technical Manager, Erick Thek, Cyber Threat Intelligence Manager Trend Micro researchers recently detected activity targeting various…
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March 15, 2021
Microsoft Exchange Attack: Am I affected and what do I do next?
Original article: Trend Micro At least 30,000 organizations are already thought to have been attacked in the US, but the…
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March 9, 2021
Protecting against fraud emails in the COVID-19 era
Original article Trend Micro In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemics, millions of people are now working from home around…
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March 9, 2021
The plugins I called …
by Udo Schneider, IoT Security Evangelist Europe Who doesn’t know them – the ever-popular little helpers? Whether it’s the small…
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March 9, 2021
Security Risks for Audio-centric Social Media Apps
Original article: Federico Maggi, Senior Threat Researcher The use of audio-only social media apps such as ClubHouse, Riffr, Listen, Audlist,…
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March 9, 2021
Hindsight is 2020: Looking Back on the Year From a Cybersecurity Perspective
Original article: Trend Micro Research 2020 was a most unprecedented year given the circumstances under which it unfolded. The Covid-19…
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March 9, 2021
Connected Cars, 5G, the Cloud: Opportunities and Risks
Original article: Numaan Huq, Craig Gibson, Vladimir Kropotov, Rainer Vosseler Connected cars and the technologies that propel them continue to…
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March 9, 2021
The airbag of IT security can be called XDR
by Richard Werner, Business Consultant Once again, headlines about a spectacular attack have caught the world’s attention: A hacker had…
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March 9, 2021
New in Ransomware: Seth-Locker, Babuk Locker, Maoloa, TeslaCrypt, and CobraLocker
Original article Raphael Centeno, Monte de Jesus, Don Ovid Ladores, Junestherry Salvador, Nikko Tamana, Llalum Victoria Ransomware is in constant…
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March 9, 2021
Cloud migration: healthcare organizations face major security challenges
by Richard Werner, Business Consultant More and more companies are opting to use services from and with the help of…
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March 9, 2021
Splunk integration partnership with Trend Micro 2021
Original article: Trend Micro Customers first: building out our Splunk partnership for a more secure 2021 The past 12 months…
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March 9, 2021
XDR: Up-Leveling Security Integration
Original article: Michael Suby, Research Vice President, Security and Trust, IDC The cybersecurity discipline entails data collection, analysis, and responding…
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March 9, 2021
A Look at Linux: Threats, Risks and Recommendations Part 2
Like any other software, Linux is not free from security-related threats and risks. However, with Linux now prevalent as one…
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March 9, 2021
A Look at Linux: Threats, Risks and Recommendations
Linux is now one of the most powerful operating systems prevalent on cloud platforms and servers worldwide. In fact, Linux…
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March 9, 2021
Banking Trojan Gootkit under the microscope
By Marc Lanzendorfer, Threat Analyst Since October 2020, we saw an increase in the number of Gootkit cases targeting users…
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December 29, 2020
The Cyber Risk Index 2020 with a global focus
By Jon Clay The Cyber Risk Index (CRI), launched three years ago by Trend Micro in conjunction with the independent…
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December 29, 2020
Safety 2021: In the sign of changing work processes
By Trend Micro Research As the end of the year approaches, organisations need to shift their focus for 2021 to…
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December 29, 2020
Fact check of future scenarios
By Rik Ferguson, VP Security Research In 2012, Trend Micro was privileged to participate in a very exciting research project…
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December 29, 2020
Docker Content Trust: What It Is and How It Secures Container Images
By Brandon Niemczyk (Security Researcher) “Can they be trusted?” One of the primary security problems one must solve in a container-based…
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December 29, 2020
