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Phishing scams have been on the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic and now scammers are changing their tactics to get people to click on links that they shouldn’t. Greg Young, the vice-president of cybersecurity at Trend Micro, says Phishing has unfortunately gotten worse.

Organizations around the world continue to see a strong return on investment from putting resources into privacy. Trend Micro urged organizations to beef up their data privacy by patching systems and networks, educating employees about data threats and how to handle an attack, regularly performing security audits and creating an effective disaster recovery plan.

Organizations around the world continue to see a strong return on investment from putting resources into privacy. Trend Micro urged organizations to beef up their data privacy by patching systems and networks, educating employees about data threats and how to handle an attack, regularly performing security audits and creating an effective disaster recovery plan.

Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2022, selected by Mediacorp Canada Inc., are ready to welcome Gen Z with the programs and support this group needs to succeed – from co-op placements and internships to mentoring and leadership development. Trend Micro Canada Technologies Inc., Kanata, Ont. was listed as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for Young People 2022 (position 95).

According to Trend Micro's annual predictions report, ransomware attacks will be more targeted in 2022 and will aim for more complex targets to extract data and profit from it. Researchers also believe that ransomware operators will also use more modern and sophisticated extortion methods.

Ransomware attacks will become more targeted in 2022, according to researchers at Trend Micro, focusing on servers and cloud providers. Trend Micro annual predictions report highlighted ransomware operators will use increasingly complex extortion methods, such as exfiltrating data in order to weaponize it.

With the digital world quickly evolving around society, cybersecurity risks are more present than ever before. Greater still are the risks that Information Technology decision makers take when they are uncertain or uncomfortable enough to raise these concerns with executive level board members. According to Antoine Saikaley, Canadian technical director for Trend Micro it is essential that all business leaders are keeping cybersecurity risks top of mind.

Myla Pilao, senior director for research at Trend Micro Research, discusses what she sees as cybersecurity threats to look out for in the new year. Pilao says the digital transformation has accelerated this past year and as such, needs a security transformation to follow in order to keep up with changing threats. She notes that small and medium businesses need to understand that they too are vulnerable to threats and need to prioritize security.

Every year there are wide variety of scams criminal minds attempt, Greg Young, vice president of cybersecurity at Trend Micro, told Global News, that this year, one appears to be fake shipping notification scams.

As many people try to finish their online shopping in time for the holidays, experts and consumers are warning that scammers are looking for new ways to steal their money. Greg Young, the vice-president of cybersecurity at Trend Micro, says the Microsoft scam that made Cindy Fetterly lose nearly $2,000 has been circulating for many years and point out that Microsoft or any internet service provider will never remotely try to take control of computers or ask for passwords.