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The company says Trend Cybertron is the first specialised cybersecurity large language model (LLM) of its kind that leverages AI-driven intelligence, historical threat data and predictive analytics to protect organisations from emerging risks.

The world is worried about deepfakes. Research conducted in the U.S. and Australia finds that nearly three-quarters of respondents feel negatively about them, associating the AI-generated phenomenon with fraud and misinformation. But in the workplace, we’re more likely to let our guard down.

The fight against shadow AI mirrors past efforts to control shadow IT and unauthorized cloud applications, Shannon Murphy, senior manager of global security and risk strategy at Trend Micro, told Axios.

Generally, monitoring for cryptojacking attacks can be difficult, said Jon Clay, vice president of threat intelligence at Trend Micro. “One of the things we see a lot of is, they come in, they drop their miners, and then they wipe their tracks of everything they did prior to that. So it’s very difficult,” he said. “They also wipe out and turn off a lot of the security products that are running on these machines.”

A Trend Micro spokesperson shared a comment from the company's research team, which noted that based on currently available details, the issue could be related to a high volume of traffic from either a surge in popularity for DeepSeek's service or a targeted DDoS attack.

The incidents highlight that organizations are aiming to silence researchers, rather than engage publicly with them, says Dustin Childs, the head of threat awareness and the Zero Day Initiative at Trend Micro, which maintains a third-party bug bounty program.

Researchers at the this year's Pwn2Own Automotive hacking contest successfully hacked Tesla's wall connector electric vehicle (EV) charger.

Pwn2Own is a competitive hacking event with a long and noble history stretching back to 2007; that it attracts some of the best ethical hackers and security researchers on the planet is a testament to its reputation.

After the zero-day vulnerabilities are exploited and reported during Pwn2Own, vendors have 90 days to develop and release security patches before Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative publicly discloses them.

$380,000 paid out on the first day of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 for exploits targeting car infotainment units, operating systems, and chargers.

The gang's operator was banned from popular hacker forums Exploit and XSS, making it difficult for him to recruit new members, according to a Trend Micro report.

“Why do people drink one soda over another? Because the brand is so strong,” says Robert McArdle, a director on Trend Micro’s cybercrime research team at Trend Micro, which helped in the investigation. “And if you can destroy that you’re left with soda water.”

“The malicious repository containing the PoC appears to be a fork from the original creator,” Trend Micro said in its report. “In this case, the original Python files were replaced with the executable poc[dot]exe that was packed using UPX.”

From Trend Micro's Jon Clay: Proactive defense needs to be prioritized, because offense is going to stay on the back foot.

Researchers at cybersecurity company Trend Micro first spotted Meta’s VR headsets appearing in its threat intelligence residential proxy data earlier this year, before tracking down that teenagers were using Big Mama to play Gorilla Tag.

Trend Micro, a major cybersecurity vendor, has been quietly rolling out a new "AI brain" that gives customers the ability to automate their threat defenses.

Despite the large number of arrests, the operation will likely result only in a brief reduction in cybercriminal activity, as disrupted groups will quickly pivot and recreate their infrastructure, says Stephen Hilt, a senior threat researcher with cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, which also collaborated with authorities on the global intelligence support.

The reach of the China-linked Salt Typhoon gang extends beyond telecommunications giants in the United States, and its arsenal includes several backdoors – including a brand-new malware dubbed GhostSpider – according to Trend Micro researchers.

The gang, tracked as "Water Barghest," has already compromised more than 20,000 IoT devices, including small office and home office (SOHO) routers used by businesses, by using automated scripts to identify and compromise vulnerable devices, according to new research from Trend Micro.

Channel Futures features Louise McEvoy, Vice President of US Channel at Trend.

“On the surface, [CISA’s program is] very good,” Dustin Childs, head of threat awareness in the Zero Day Initiative at Trend Micro, tells CSO. “Every enterprise, especially any large enterprise like the US government, should have some vulnerability disclosure platform.”

Recent research through Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) has surfaced half a dozen vulnerabilities in the Mazda IVI.

“CISA has a good opportunity to build this out and expand who supports it,” said Jon Clay, vice president of threat intelligence at cyber firm Trend Micro, “as the existing pledges are a very small fraction of developers in the world.”

As part of the operation, which ran from April 1 to August 31, law enforcement agencies in 95 Interpol member countries and private-sector partners such as Group-IB, Trend Micro, Kaspersky, and Team Cymru analyzed roughly 30,000 suspicious IP addresses.

It’s been a headline year for democracy, with over two billion voters casting their ballots in dozens of countries worldwide. But democracy has also never been under greater threat—and in many cases, AI-powered trickery is to blame.

While Synology and QNAP hurried out security updates, vendors are given 90 days until Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative releases details on bugs disclosed during the contest and usually take their time to release patches.

Risk management and security vendor Trend Micro is looking ahead to 2025 as a year to build upon program enhancements and platform updates that were unveiled throughout 2024.

Trend Micro has acquired TippingPoint IPS and sells it both as a standalone product as well as integrated into their central platform called Vision One. It is available as a virtual machine, a variety of hardware appliances or as a cloud subscription for protecting AWS workloads.

Trend Micro revealed today it will extend an alliance with NVIDIA to include a Morpheus platform that harnesses graphical processor units (GPUs) to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to security operations.

Enter a third study by Trend Micro, a security scam detection app builder. It revealed that a whopping 73% of people think scams have gotten worse in the past year, and almost 80% are worried someone in their family might fall victim.

NIST has made some progress clearing its backlog of security vulnerability reports to process – though it's not quite on target as hoped.

Nearly two-thirds of organizations lack 24/7 cybersecurity coverage throughout the year due to staffing shortages, a Trend Micro report published Thursday revealed.

Shannon Murphy, global security and risk strategist for Trend Micro, joins the Dark Reading News Desk during Black Hat USA with advice for customers engaged in AI transformation with security.

Trend Micro notes that, while the attackers remain unknown, the operation appears highly targeted, using custom URLs for the targeted entities and freshly registered C2 domains to evade blocklists.

Microsoft called the vulnerability a spoofing flaw, while Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) team, which claimed credit for discovering the vulnerability, characterized the weakness as a remote execution flaw that deserved a higher severity score.

The world of cybersecurity is continuously changing and evolving—but one constant has been the leadership of Eva Chen, the co-founder and CEO of Trend Micro

Trend Micro's Kevin Simzer shares exclusive insights about securing AI PCs against the unique threats of this new computing era.

Other top industry players that announced new partnerships and integrations included Trend Micro, which unveiled an integration with Nvidia AI Enterprise.

The cybersecurity company is looking to protect against future AI risk.

Trend will bring these advanced capabilities to consumers in late 2024.

Research from Trend Micro shows tension between CISOs and senior enterprise leadership. Many security leaders say they’re perceived as nags.

Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro has launched their new generative AI tool, Trend Companion, designed for SOC analysts and CISO. Trend Companion is designed to reduce analyst time spent on manual risk assessments and threat investigations by driving streamlined workflows and enhanced productivity. Antoine Saikaley, Technical Director [Canada] at Trend Micro sat down with eChannel to provide more details about exactly how Trend Companion works.

Trend Micro previously reported that, in the first half of 2023, it blocked more than 85.6 billion cybersecurity threats globally, consisting of email threats, malicious files and malicious URLs. That marked a 27 per cent year-over-year increase, according to the report.

Trend Micro announced its latest evolution in generative AI: the integration of its leading global threat intelligence and millions of diverse sensor types to enhance outcomes for its flagship Trend Vision One cybersecurity platform. In 2022, Trend handled over six trillion threat queries from customers across 65+ countries. Using AI trained on this data, Trend blocked more than 146 billion threats, three billion of which were ransomware.

Trend Micro released its ransomware report for 1H which found that Canada is the top 3rd country affected by successful RaaS and extortion attacks in the first and second quarters of 2023, just behind U.S. and the U.K Greg Young sat down with WhatsYourTech to detail how this affects small businesses while highlighting measures that can be taken to safeguard against these threats.

Cybercriminals upped their activity in the first half of 2023 compared to the previous year, and one thing that’s fuelling the increase in cyber attacks is companies’ adoption of AI, according to a previous Trend Micro report.

Cybersecurity vendor Trend Micro Inc. has announced a complete redesign of its worldwide partner program, which it said will accelerate business growth for partners and “allow them to further deliver exceptional value to end customers.” The program is built around the Trend Vision One platform, which the company said in a release “creates opportunities for partners to deliver services and assessments for both enterprise and SMB-focused partners.

Greg Young highlights a 35% increase in targeted attacks and advises users to exercise caution against phishing attempts by avoiding suspicious links and verifying URLs in an interview discussing a recent incident where a Toronto student lost $3,000 to scammers who exploited a phishing attempt by sending a fake CIBC notice.

Canada was the third most affected country in the world for successful ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) and extortion attacks in the first and second quarters of 2023, said a report from cybersecurity company Trend Micro. The report, LockBit, BlackCat, and Clop Prevail as Top RaaS Groups: Ransomware in 1H 2023, found Canada only behind the U.S. and U.K. for RaaS and extortion attacks.

Here are numbers released this week by Trend Micro for you to think about: The number of victim organizations claimed by ransomware groups in the first half of this year was 1,999. That’s 45 per cent more than the same period in 2022. Corporate and IT leaders should consider this: In the first half of this year businesses with 200 or fewer employees made up the biggest number of victims of the top three ransomware groups.

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.

Scanning the news these days will invariably include a story about an organization or public institution suffering from a cybersecurity attack. In an interview with Canadian HR Reporter, Antoine Saikaley, technical director for Trend Micro in Canada highlighted the importance of cybersecurity and provided advice on how HR teams can incorporate cyber awareness trainings into employee onboarding processes.

In an interview with CanadianSME Myla Pilao, Global Director for Technology Marketing at Trend Micro, shared her thoughts on Trend Micro’s recently revealed cybersecurity predictions for 2023, the practical measures that companies can take to safeguard themselves against business email compromise (BEC) scams, and some practical tactics that may be used to shield organizations from malicious users.

As many workforces have now adjusted to the hybrid work setup, blurring the lines between on-site and at-home work, security teams will be required to do away with conventional point solution-based strategies to stay on top of any potential entry points for opportunistic attackers. Trend Micro's VP of cybersecurity, Greg Young speaks joins the Hashtag Trending podcast to discuss Trend Micro’s predictions for 2023 and share recommendations to help businesses stay ahead of the emerging cyberthreats.

As many organizations today offer work-from-anywhere policies, many employees are jetting off to distant locales for a change of scenery while still on the job. John Dujay at Canadian HR Reporter speaks with Greg Young, Trend Micro’s VP of cybersecurity about the rapidly evolving threat landscape and how companies can ensure their data remains protected when employees are working while travelling to different countries.

With companies expanding their digital footprint and as we enter a new year, Trend Micro predicts threats will persist. The resulting mass-transition of company assets to digital environments has led to increasingly complicated and layered digital environments that will provide the ideal playground for adversaries looking to prey on any lack of visibility. Greg Young, VP of cybersecurity shares his top concerns when it comes to cyberthreats and reminds people about the importance of security and protection against this type of criminal activity.

Trend Micro Incorporated announced the winners of its fall Pwn2Own competition held through the Zero Day Initiative. $989,750 in prizes were awarded throughout the event with the purchase of 63 unique zero days. The real-world impact if these vulnerabilities were weaponized would amount to 10x in time, data and financial loss.

Security researchers picked up US$989,750 in prizes for demonstrating 63 unique zero day vulnerabilities in consumer and small office products during the four-day Toronto edition of the Pwn2Own hacking contest. The biggest bundle of cash went to a team from Devcore Security Consulting of Taiwan, which won US$142,500. As a result it was named the event’s Master of Pwn. It was the first time the contest, run under Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, was held in Toronto. Teams or individuals competed either live at Trend Micro’s Toronto office or online.

Just shy of US$1 million in prize money was awarded to security researchers at the end of the four-day Pwn2Own hacking contest in Toronto. In this edition of the event, sponsored by Trend Micro, participants demonstrated 63 unique zero-day exploits by breaking into home and small office routers and printers. The biggest bundle of cash went to a team from Devcore Security Consulting of Taiwan, which won US$142,500. As a result it was named the event’s Master of Pwn. The total amount awarded to all participants was $989,750. The biggest payout of the series was at the 2021 event in Vancouver, where participants won US$1.2 million. The next competition will be in Miami in February.

After two days of the Toronto edition of the Pwn2Own hacking contest, individuals and teams had won almost US$800,000 in cash prizes, with the expectation that more than US$1 million might be awarded by the time the event ends. Hardware and software manufacturers learn where vulnerabilities are in their products from hacking contests like this. The next Pwn2Own contest will be held in Miami in February.

The first Toronto edition of Trend Micro’s Pwn2Own hacking contest took Palce from Dec 6-8, 2022, with individuals or teams from a number of countries attempting to break into consumer products in hopes of winning a share of hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes. Within two hours, two teams had each won US$20,000. By the end of the day US$400,000 had been awarded for the discovery of 26 bugs. In an interview with IT World Canada Dustin Childs, head of threat awareness at Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, shared more on the goals of the competition, why it’s being held in Toronto and what Trend has learned from recent competitions.

There’s a simple but powerful dynamic driving cyber risk for most financial services organizations today. The more they invest in digital infrastructure and tooling to drive sustainable growth, the more they may expose themselves to attack. Trend Micro commissioned Sapio Research to survey financial services IT and business leaders in Canada and around the world to gauge security postures in these types of organizations.

Dina and Sid are joined by Gurdeep Ahluwalia, host of "The Pooja & Gurdeep Show" on 98.1 CHFI, and Antoine Saikaley, Technical Director at Trend Micro to discuss the latest online scams and tips on how to stay protected.

Why is cyber hygiene a growing concern? How can we encourage a healthy online space for our children? Which questions should we be asking them? In an interview with Privacy Canada, Myla Pilao, Director for Technology Marketing at Trend Micro, answers these questions and more while sharing cyber hygiene tools for parents and children created by Trend Micro.

One of the most frequently discussed topics in technology today is the “metaverse”, which is loosely described as the intersection between the virtual and physical worlds. Due to it being in its infancy, it has yet to be fully defined and it is still partly in the realm of speculation. In an interview with Insurance Business, Vice President of Infrastructure Strategies at Trend Micro, Bill Malik, shared insights on what cyber threats to expect and how they could be mitigated according to Trend Micro’s report on the "darkverse".

While the metaverse marketing hype is making everyone excited about the future, the reality is that the promised metaverse dream is estimated to be at least five to ten years away from becoming a reality. Until then, there will be many technical and design problems to solve. In an interview with Addictive Tips, Global Vice President of Infrastructure Strategies at Trend Micro, Bill Malik, discussed the introduction of the metaverse, and the new threats that will be introduced with this new, evolving space

With the increasing daily use of digital technology, it’s critical for parents to integrate digital literacy and cyber hygiene into their child’s learning process. The Internet is a powerful tool offering a multitude of positive benefits, but it also has its risks. InBetween Magazine spoke with Myla Pilao, Director of Technology Marketing at Trend Micro and an avid advocate for the safety of children online. Pilao talked about Trend Micro's Cyber Academy and shared a few tips for parents to upgrade children’s digital literacy skills in a way that’s meaningful and engaging.

New ransomware numbers for Canada. Trend Micro questioned 103 Canadian IT decision makers about ransomware attacks on their organizations. There was no surprise: 60 per cent said their organization had detected a ransomware attempt in the past three years. Of those 77 per cent said that they were victimized, roughly 40 per cent of all firms surveyed were hit.

For the last 50 years, Canada has never been seen as a country likely to be attacked. Our army was dedicated to peacemaking. But the new world of ransomware and cyber attacks is a new and dangerous space where Canada is increasingly vulnerable and under attack. According to Trend Micro’s 2022 Mid-Year report, two thirds of Canadian companies are “not optimistic” about defending against ransomware in the coming year. According to the report, Canadian companies are being hit badly by the “steal and reveal” attacks; 66 percent have experienced data theft (exfiltration) and extortion. However, a surprisingly high number of Canadian companies have ransomware insurance and were able to file a claim as a result of an attack.

Trend Micro predicted that ransomware groups will increasingly target Linux servers and embedded systems over the coming years. It recorded a double-digit year-on-year (YoY) increase in attacks on these systems in 1H 2022. According to Jon Clay, VP of threat intelligence for Trend Micro, “New and emerging threat groups continue to evolve their business model, focusing their attacks with even greater precision. That’s why it’s essential that organizations get better at mapping, understanding, and protecting their expanding digital attack surface. A single, unified cybersecurity platform is the best place to start.”

Ransomware attacks on Linux servers are increasing, IT administrators have been warned. The alert comes in the midyear threat analysis roundup from researchers at Trend Micro. A new ransomware variant dubbed Cheerscrypt has been detected that targets VMware ESXi servers. That’s helped the 75 per cent increase in attacks on Linux systems in the first half of the year.

Trend Micro predicted that ransomware groups will increasingly target Linux servers and embedded systems over the coming years. It recorded a double-digit year-on-year (YoY) increase in attacks on these systems in 1H 2022.

Ransomware attacks on Linux servers are increasing, IT administrators have been warned. The alert comes in the midyear threat analysis roundup from researchers at Trend Micro. A new ransomware variant dubbed Cheerscrypt has been detected that targets VMware ESXi servers. That’s helped the 75 per cent increase in attacks on Linux systems in the first half of the year.

Kids will be going back to school in a few days. Parents who want to talk to their children about cyber hygiene now can take advantage of a website set up by Trend Micro to get advice on how to have an ongoing conversation about security. And youngsters can learn a few things online by going to the Cyber Academy for interactive lessons.

As businesses across sectors continue their digital transformation and cloud migration journey, Trend Micro found that in Canada, phishing and malware evolved as the most common types of cyber attack, with over 1.2 million threats detected in 2021. Even though compared to global statistics Canada has shown a stronger cybersecurity framework, as cyber attacks get more targeted, Canadian organizations will have to ensure there are no gaps in their security strategies. In an interview with Addictive Tips, VP Cybersecurity at Trend Micro Greg Young speaks to the different types of data breaches that exist and shares how organizations and individuals can protect themselves from these threats.

After years of leadership in the fast-growing global market for cloud security, Trend Micro has announced its new deployment models and services for Trend Micro Cloud One. In an interview with Channel Buzz, Technical Director for Trend Micro in Canada, Antoine Saikaley shared insights on how the platform’s new features are based on client feedback, pointing out the system is fully hosted in Canada for Canadian customers.

Trend Micro  announced enhancements to its cloud security platform, adding simplified deployment and management of cloud intrusion prevention system infrastructure to remove burdens and reduce friction for running cloud-based network security, and container security free from infrastructure deployment to scan container images faster with no impact to speed. This second update extends the company’s existing container offering, which was the first offered by a cybersecurity provider.

According to the latest Cyber Risk Index (CRI), even though Canada has a moderate risk level compared to the rest of North America, majority of Canadian organizations think they’ll be breached in the next twelve months. In an interview with CanadianSME, VP Cybersecurity at Trend Micro Greg Young shares insights for Canadian organizations to have a better understanding of the cyber security landscape and offers tips to help them reduce their risk levels.

Canada recently introduced Bill C-26, a new legislation to strengthen cybersecurity for businesses across sectors as they continue their digital transformation and cloud migration journey. In an interview with eChannelNEWS, VP Cybersecurity at Trend Micro Greg Young speaks to the most common types of cyber attacks in Canada and shares advice on how organizations can protect themselves from these threats.

A new ransomware strain is being distributed that pretends to be a Google software update. Researchers at Trend Micro call this strain HavanaCrypt. Before executing the ransomware it deletes Windows shadow copies of data and system restore instances. Listeners must ignore any email or text message that claims to be a Google update. Remember applications like Gmail, Workspace, Google Docs and others automatically update. The only safe way to get a browser update is to have your Chrome browser set to automatically download updates, or you can just go into the control menu. You get that from clicking on the three dots in the upper right corner of the browser. From there click on Help and then About Google Chrome.

Despite investing money into cybersecurity, many Canadian organizations — and their global peers — admit they still have visibility problems into their IT systems, which complicates their ability to secure vital data. According to a recently-released global study for Trend Micro of 6,297 IT and business decision-makers across 29 countries, nearly two-thirds (62 per cent) of all respondents — including 60 per cent of Canadian participants — acknowledged having blind spots in trying to secure their attack surface.

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.