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Trend Micro Inc. blocked over 33.6 million cloud email threats in 2021, a 101% increase on the previous year. This stark increase in attacks proves that email remains a top point of entry for cyber attacks.

In 2021, manufacturing overtook financial services as the most attacked sector in terms of cybersecurity, accounting for almost a quarter (23%) of ransomware attacks globally. Trend Micro  found that as many as 69% of global manufacturers run outdated operating systems.

Hacking is a business now. A recent trend among threat actors engaged in crypto mining activities has been to focus their efforts on stealing companies’ resources and processing cycles connected through the cloud. The risk is particularly high, as cryptocurrency is slowly becoming common among individuals and business transactions. In an interview with IT World Canada, Trend Micro’s VP of Cybersecurity, Greg Young discusses how businesses can defend themselves from this new type of ransomware.

In the wake of lifting of pandemic restrictions, digital transformation is becoming so extensive that organizations are having trouble getting a handle on their broadening cyber exposures. Visibility of expanding cyber risks appears to be a key reason why organizations struggle to manage and understand cyber risk, according to a recent study by cybersecurity firm TrendMicro.

The annual Pwn2Own hacking contest at Vancouver’s CanSecWest conference ended Friday with 17 participants winning just over $1 million. They did it by finding ways to evade defences in commercial software such as Windows, Ubuntu and several browsers. Winners included a team that was able to get into the infotainment system used in a Tesla Model 3 car. The contest, sponsored by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, is run at a number of cyber conferences around the world to help find vulnerabilities before crooks do.

In light of pandemic-related changes to the workplace and how we function in it, many needed digital investments were made to support remote work and maintain business efficiencies during the pandemic, which exposed more corporate “attack surfaces” to possible threats. What's your tech had a chance to chat with Greg Young to discuss the Cyber Risk Index Results for Canada.

While the use of cryptocurrency is slowly becoming common for individual and business transactions, cyber criminals are increasingly using malicious tactics to mine cryptocurrencies.  CanadianSME spoke with Greg Young, Trend Micro’s VP of cybersecurity, following the company’s release of its crypto mining research. Young provided commentary on the risks associated with cryptocurrency transactions and shared recommendations on how businesses can overcome cryptocurrency-mining attacks.

Security experts urge IT managers to install the latest security updates as soon as possible to prevent hackers from exploiting vulnerabilities. The latest reason why comes from a report by security researchers at Trend Micro into the workings of a new strain of the AvosLocker ransomware. This strain tries to disable Windows Update, corporate anti-virus solutions and scans for the Log4j2 vulnerability. A patch to stop this particular attack was released by Microsoft for Windows last month. Fully updated antivirus or anti-malware solutions may also stop this attack.

Global cybersecurity provider Trend Micro has announced the launch of Trend Micro One, a unified cybersecurity platform with a growing list of ecosystem technology partners that enables customers to better understand, communicate, and lower their cyber risk. The unified security platform approach delivers a continuous lifecycle of risk and threat assessment with attack surface discovery, cyber risk analysis, and threat mitigation and response.

Cybersecurity vendor Trend Micro announced the launch of Trend Micro One a unified platform that consolidates Trend Micro’s existing platforms, and brings them together with third-party vendors. Wendy Moore, Vice President of Product Marketing at Trend Micro Trend Micro One is a platform that gives a complete view of risk posture provides a wealth of information with which companies can build services for customers to grow their own revenue.