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Bottom Line: In addition to effective malware protection, Trend Micro Antivirus+ Security offers layered protection against ransomware, spam filtering, and a firewall booster.

The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) and Trend Micro have created a deception-based threat detection collaboration platform that deploys “honeypots” across the healthcare ecosystem.

In July, Trend Micro and VMware announced a new partnership to tackle enterprise mobile security issues. The companies plan to create new solutions which will automatically detect and tackle mobile threats on corporate networks.

The technical excellence of the Russian hacking groups, whether or not affiliated to the FSB, escapes no-one: as long ago as September 2012, Trend Micro warned in the report Peter the Great vs. Sun Tzu, “East Asian hackers are not at the same skill level of maturity as their East European counterparts.”

A Trend Micro mid-year report recently revealed that the firm blocked 82 million ransomware threats in the first six months of 2017, as well as 3000 Business Email Compromise attempts.

In its latest cyber threat report, Trend Micro’s researchers highlight the growing number of network-based attacks targeting ATMs.

Now, more than 1,200 apps available in third-party marketplaces are exploiting Dirty Cow as part of a scam that uses text-based payment services to make fraudulent charges to the phone owner, researchers from antivirus provider Trend Micro reported on Monday.

“Use of cryptocurrency miners is on the rise in the world of cybercrime,” Trend Micro Vice President of Cloud Security Mark Nunnikhoven told SC Media. “We haven't yet seen them coupled with ransomware, but that combination is one that's likely to surface.”

In most of the newly observed attacks, Locky has been distributed alongside another ransomware family calked FakeGlobe, also known as Globe Imposter, Trend Micro says.

According to Trend Micro Inc., FakeGlobe is a form of ransomware that encrypts different files to that of Locky, meaning that potentially victims could be forced to pay up for both infections.