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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.