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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.