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“Passenger shipping organizations and cruise lines … can be easily impacted,” said Eduardo E. Cabrera, chief cybersecurity officer at Trend Micro, a Tokyo-based cybersecurity firm.

Trend Micro's Federico Maggi and Politecnico di Milano's Andrea Continella visit the Dark Reading News Desk to discuss ShieldFS – a new tool that protects filesystems by disrupting and actually undoing the ransomware's encryption while it's in action.

Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative has released details about two remote code execution zero-day flaws affecting popular freemium PDF tool Foxit Reader.

A new, vendor-neutral connected car hack has been discovered that is "indefensible by modern car security technology" and could put many drivers at risk of a critical cyberattack, according to a Wednesday blog post from security firm Trend Micro. The hack was discovered by Trend Micro's Forward-looking Threat Research (FTR) team, Politecnico di Milano, and Linklayer Labs.

Attackers who successfully exploited the vulnerability could assume control over target systems and create new accounts with full user rights, install programs, and view, edit, or delete data. Researchers at TrendMicro have found malware exploiting the same flaw but using PowerPoint files for distribution, a technique not previously seen in the wild.

Users of online dating apps and the businesses they work for could end up the target of spear phishing and social engineering scams, especially when these services make one's personal information accessible to virtually anyone, Trend Micro researchers warned in a blog post on Thursday.

Researchers at Trend Micro examined three years worth of malware from OnionDog — around 200 total samples — and found evidence that the malware was likely developed and used in joint U.S./South Korean military exercises.

Trend Micro alerts users that an email campaign which appeared a couple of months ago is currently targeting Russian-speaking enterprises and delivering a new Windows-based backdoor.

Microsoft added that an unauthenticated attacker in an enterprise setting could remotely trigger the flaw through an SMB connection, which Trend Micro researchers said is "pretty close to wormable," referring to its spreadability.

The HITRUST Alliance and Trend Micro have announced a partnership to create the HITRUST Cyber Threat Management and Response Center, which will expand HITRUST’s cyber threat information sharing program for health care.

Marcus Hutchins arrest does not appear to be directly related to WannaCry, said Mark Nunnikhoven, vice president of cloud security at Trend Micro.

According to Gilbert Sison and Janus Agcaoili, two security researchers at Trend Micro, the most recent version of the Cerber ransomware can dump browser passwords and can steal files related to Bitcoin wallets.

Trend Micro researchers are keen to explain that there are malware that are fileless only while entering a user’s system (and they eventually reveal themselves when they execute their payload), and there are completely fileless malware attacks, where the entire infection chain is fileless.

"Every place we move to in technology creates a seam for bad actors," said Trend Micro's chief security officer, Ed Cabrera, whose company sells IT security services and issues reports on global cyber trends.

A trio of researchers, representing a team from Politecnico di Milano and Trend Micro, presented their findings on the security of robots.

The arrest of Vinnik adds a new twist to the case against Karpeles, the former head of Mt. Gox, said Mark Nunnikhoven, vice president of cloud research at Trend Micro.

"If you look at the demands they are relatively low — they are in the ballpark of what people can afford to pay," says Bharat Mistry, a Trend Micro cybersecurity consultant. In fact, 65 percent of companies pay a ransom when they are hit by ransomware, according to Trend Micro's research.

A piece of malware spotted by Trend Micro in early July leverages the SambaCry vulnerability to target NAS devices, particularly ones used by small and medium-size businesses.

The tools tactics and procedures used by hacking group CopyKittens are explained in a new in-depth report produced in collaboration by cyber-security firms Trend Micro and ClearSky.

“The data GhostCtrl steals is extensive, compared to other Android info-stealers,” explained Trend Micro cyber security researchers.

A Samba remote code execution flaw patched in May is being exploited to compromise IoT devices running on different architectures, Trend Micro researchers warn.

The GhostCtrl RAT was discovered by Trend Micro researchers part of a wave of attacks against Israeli healthcare organizations.

Simon Edwards, European cyber security architect at Trend Micro, told us that, as defined in GDPR, organisations should be deploying ‘state of the art' security controls to protect user data. "Insurers will probably require much the same if they are to cover the risk as required," Edwards said.

Trend Micro reports that HoloLens use is not very widespread compared to PCs and other more popular devices, but this particular patch is notable for being the first reminder that such systems can represent yet another vector of attack.

Trend Micro and VMware have announced a new partnership to improve the enterprise mobile security space. Trend Micro Mobile Security for Enterprise will now be integrated into VMware's Workspace ONE and VMware AirWatch.