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Security researchers from Trend Micro said they had recently discovered a new variant of Trickbot arriving via redirection URL in a spam mail message. The URL appears to point toward a Google domain but instead redirects users who click on it to a site that downloads Trickbot on the user's system.

Microsoft released a patch for an elevation-of-privileges vulnerability being exploited in the wild. It’s tied to the Windows Error Reporting feature and is being abused by attackers who have gained local access to affected PCs. According to Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative, they would need to first gain access to run code on a target system, but malware often uses elevations like this one to go from ‘user’ to ‘admin’ code execution.

Trend Micro's Greg Young shares how complex IoT environments (CIEs) offer new opportunities for hackers to launch physical and digital attacks. That’s bad news for IT professionals as it means a further expansion of the corporate attack surface.

Cybersecurity researchers at Trend Microhave detailed a new means of the Dharma family of ransomware being deployed: by bundling it inside a fake anti-virus software installation.

Trend Micro says that a key vulnerability in smart homes is the control systems and automation platforms used to coordinate all our smart devices. The increasing complexity with each additional device and automation rule also means an expanding attack surface.