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Trend Micro's 2018 midyear security report finds that ransomware attack volume is growing slowly, while cryptojacking continues to escalate.

THEY CALL IT Herb2. It’s a dapper robot, wearing a bowtie even while it sits at home in its lab at the University of Washington. Its head is a camera, which it cranes up and down, taking in the view of a dimly lit corner where two computer monitors sit.

Business demand dictates a frenetic pace for delivering new and better technology. To perfect the process, more organizations are taking a DevOps approach—melding software development and software operations simultaneously. The result is greater productivity, standardization, innovation and the ability to scale up.

Trend Micro has reconfirmed its commitment to Internet of Things (IoT) security with a new program designed to leverage its Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) to minimize vulnerabilities as smart products are developed.

Intentionally or not, Microsoft has emerged as a kind of internet cop by devoting considerable resources to thwarting Russian hackers.

With high-profile cyberattacks in the news so often, the market for cybersecurity products continues to climb. According to IDC, worldwide spending on security-related hardware, software, and services is forecast to reach $91.4 billion in 2018, an increase of 10.2 percent over the amount spent in 2017.

Trend Micro Research, along with researchers from IssueMakersLab, recently discovered a supply chain attack targeting South Korean organizations, named Operation Red Signature. The attack was targeted to specific IP ranges of certain organizations within South Korea.

Researchers from Trend Micro have exposed two criminal cyber campaigns targeting South Korean organizations – one, a supply chain attack delivering a remote access tool under the guise of a software update, and two, a ransomware attack leveraging malicious .egg files.

Companies look to colleges, high schools and even nascent hackers to create a new pipeline of future security experts.

The message was clear at this year's Black Hat conference: The "culture," for lack of a better term, of security must change, or society faces living in a world of perpetual cyber-risk.