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In the first half of 2023, Trend Micro blocked more than 85.6 billion cybersecurity threats globally, consisting of email threats, malicious files and malicious URLs.

Recently, Trend Micro reported a 27% year-over-year increase in the number of cybercriminal activities it blocked in the first half of this year. And one thing that’s fueling the increase in cyber attacks is companies’ adoption of AI, according to the report.

As the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more commonplace, over-reliance on this technology could pose problems for employers. There was a 27 per cent year-over-year increase in the number of cybercriminal activities blocked by Trend Micro, and AI played a role in this increase, according to a previous report.

Trend Micro, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, has joined the Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX) to contribute knowledge assets and threat insights and to help support cyber resilience across the country. The CCTX is Canada’s national cyber threat sharing and collaboration hub. Trend Micro Technical Director Antoine Saikaley sat down with Julian Lee at eChannel News to discuss this collaboration, how it supports the community and how factors such as AI are evolving the cybersecurity landscape.

Scams that rely on social engineering are increasing despite all the publicity they are receiving. How can people continue to be fooled when they get a call asking for money to bail a family member out of jail for example? Trend Micro has a new study called Virtual Kidnapping and Jon Clay, their VP of Threat Intelligence, joins #HashtagTrending to discuss its findings.

Trend Micro revealed it has become a member of the Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange, the country’s not-for-profit threat-sharing hub for infosec pros, to contribute knowledge, threat insights and to help support cyber resilience across the country. It is worth noting that the CCTX has 170 memebers, including other security-related technology companies such as BlackBerry, Field Effect, the Canadian Internet Registry Authority (CIRA), Okiok Data, Optiv, Purilock, White Tuque and Accenture.

Tammy Allen, SMB Sales Manager at Trend Micro in Canada, joined Julian Lee for eChannel News’ Women in Tech series. Tammy shared her journey as a channel sales specialist within the industry and discussed her transition from working in the computer software business to handling partner development and overseeing the SMB and MSP sales at Trend Micro.

Tammy Allen, Trend Micro SMB Sales Manager, sat down with Channel Buzz to discuss the challenges that a unique market like Canada poses for an organization like Trend Micro and how the company has done a great job adapting to the ever-evolving landscape when it comes to securing endpoints and meeting its partners’ needs.

Global cybersecurity provider Trend Micro has announced the launch of its latest global Cyber Risk Index (CRI) for the second half of 2022. According to the results, the overall global cyber-risk levels have improved from “elevated” to “moderate” for the first time. While North America and Canada still stand at an elevated risk level, Canada received a score of -0.03, which shows an improvement compared to the first half of the year (-0.30). Although Canada has steadily shown improvement year after year, there is still work to be done. According to Jon Clay, VP of threat intelligence at Trend Micro, "Canadian organizations must continue to take steps to improve their cyber-preparedness so they can stay ahead of the ever-evolving threats, especially since most anticipate a breach within the next year."

With the launch of Bing's new AI and the release of ChatGPT 4, the technology paradigm shift is gaining even more speed. In an interview with e-Channel News' Secure Connections Podcast, VP of cybersecurity at Trend Micro, Greg Young, discussed the importance of securing environments in today's landscape. Greg also highlighted the work Trend Micro is doing in terms of vulnerability spotting and management and provided recommendations to help companies reduce their attack surface and increase their visibility to stay ahead of emerging cyber threats.