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"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.

According to Trend Micro, the original ransomware sample found earlier this month was named King of Glory Auxiliary and was posing as a cheating tool for the game King of Glory. Once installed, however, the ransomware featured a similar appearance to WannaCry.

Trend Micro, an information security company, has reported that the health care sector is now the preferred target for cybercriminals.

Want to influence an election? All you need is about $400,000, according to cyber security consultant Trend Micro Inc.

Security firm Trend Micro is the latest corporate to jump into the startup investment world after it unveiled a $100 million corporate fund today.

“The first thing you should not do after a breach is create your response on the fly,” said Mark Nunnikhoven, Vice President of Cloud Research at cyber security solution provider Trend Micro.

Trend Micro recently unearthed Xavier, an ad library that was discovered by the company’s Reputation Service.

The AdGholas malvertising threat group conducted a new campaign in May and June 2017 using the Astrum exploit kit to infect victims with Mole ransomware – an unusual change-up for these adversaries, who historically have favored banking trojans, according to researchers from Trend Micro and Proofpoint.

To defend against ransomware, Trend Micro’s threat defense experts recommend backing up your files regularly and staying on top of your security updates.

A newly discovered ransomware family incorporates a combination of fileless attack and code-injection, Trend Micro security researchers warn.

According to Trend Micro, a Trojan dubbed Xavier, which is embedded in more than 800 applications on Android’s app store, clandestinely steals and leaks personal data.

A new report from the cybersecurity firm Trend Micro takes a closer look at the cost of running misinformation campaigns hosted by various "content marketers" that offer services in Russian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, and English.

A 77-page report released today by cyber-security firm Trend Micro explores the underground landscape of fake news, where anyone can buy influence and create artificial trends to serve personal interests.

In a blog post, ZDI noted that the CVE-2017-8464 vulnerability is similar to the approach used by the Stuxnet malware. ZDI noted that while the new Microsoft patch touches different parts of code, the exploit vector remains the same, with remote code execution occurring if a specially crafted shortcut is displayed.

Security vendor Trend Micro recently discovered a new method of delivering malware that doesn't require a mouse click to trigger.

"While features like macros, [object linking and embedding], and mouse hovers do have their good and legitimate uses, this technique is potent in the wrong hands," researchers from antivirus provider Trend Micro wrote in a blog post published Friday morning.

Researchers from Trend Micro recently discovered Persirai targeting over 1,000 IP camera models based on multiple original equipment (OEM) products.

Popular chat platforms such as Slack, Discord and Telegram can be abused by malicious actors and turned into command and control (C&C) infrastructure, according to Trend Micro.

Hackers are abusing Slack, Discord, Telegram and other third-party chat platforms by incorporating them into their malicious command-and-control infrastructure and then using their functionality to communicate data and even download malware, according to a new Trend Micro report.

A study of the Dark Web by Trend Micro shows that cybercriminals attack each other with almost the same ferocity as they reserve for their victims outside of it.

Trend Micro states that more than 90 percent of successful hacks and data breaches stem from phishing, emails crafted to lure their recipients to click a link, open a document or forward information to someone they shouldn’t. Training users how to detect and react to these threats are a critical ransomware deterrent.

“Behind most modern conveniences, there exists a SCADA system somewhere that controls them,” Trend Micro researchers pointed out in a new report that delves in the heart of vulnerabilities affecting SCADA systems’ Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs).

Trend Micro researchers are taking a stand against the published reports stating UIWIX ransomware is the new WannaCry when, in fact, the only thing it has in common with Wanacrypt0r is its threat vector.

Meanwhile, iOS 10.3.2 fixes 41 vulnerabilities including multiple fixes for WebKit, the most severe of which “could allow the processing of maliciously crafted web content to allow arbitrary code execution”, ZDI said.

Researchers at IT security company Trend Micro say warnings that the Uiwix ransomware could be a more dangerous version of WannaCry might be inaccurate, according to a new report.

Cybersecurity experts say this piece of malware had an especially malicious quality. Mark Nunnikhoven is vice president of cloud research at the security software company Trend Micro.

The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), which organizes Pwn2Own, published six advisories on Wednesday for each of the security holes fixed by Microsoft.

The malware, called Persirai, has been found infecting Chinese-made wireless cameras since last month, security firm Trend Micro said on Tuesday. The malware does so by exploiting flaws in the cameras that a security researcher reported back in March.

"The industrial robot – it's not ready for the world it's living in," said Mark Nunnikhoven, vice president of cloud research at Trend Micro. "The reality is these things are being connected in more and more places. There are a lot of attacks that could happen in that environment."

The software that runs internet-connected industrial robots is outdated and vulnerable to hacking, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Trend Micro and the Politecnico de Milano. The researchers found tens of thousands of industrial devices were susceptible to hackers, which included industrial robots.

Trend Micro's Mark Nunnikhoven said the attack was "extremely clever" because it's difficult to filter email with a legitimate Google URL. The URL can't be blocked because it's a legitimate domain, owned and controlled by Google. Defending against this attack relies entirely on the user," he noted.

"As far as the robot thinks, it's still drawing a straight line," Mark Nunnikhoven, vice president of cloud research at Trend Micro, told Forbes. "It's a remote code exploit to change the configuration file, we're not changing the instructions, we’re changing what the robot believes to be true about its environment.

First emerging on the Russian underground marketplace in March 2016, Cerber has been issued in a number of versions with each iteration evolving its structure, techniques and functions. It is now being cited by Trend Micro as the "most prolific family of ransomware in the threat landscape."

Discovered by Trend Micro, FalseGuide's main focus is on infecting and adding as many devices to a centrally-managed botnet. The purpose of this botnet is to show unrequested ads to victims, via popups or other means.

"Despite the best efforts of law enforcement to stem the exponential growth of cybercrime, the truth is that it's an uphill struggle," writes Ed Cabrera, Trend Micro's chief cybersecurity officer. "Transnational cybercriminals these days are well resourced, determined and agile."

A hacking group linked by cybersecurity experts to Russia's military intelligence apparatus has begun taking aim at France's centrist presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron, the cybersecurity firm Trend Micro said in a report published on Tuesday.

The group, dubbed "Pawn Storm" by security firm Trend Micro, used email phishing tricks and attempted to install malware at think tanks tied to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Feike Hacquebord said.

“There are several things which suggest that the group behind the Macron hacking was also responsible for the DNC breach, for example. We found similarities in the IP addresses and malware used in the attacks,” said Rik Ferguson, vice president of Trend Micro’s security research program.

Machine learning serves as a heavy lifter in security software protecting businesses’ data from cyber criminals’ exfiltration efforts. Since the first deluge of spam created the demand for email security, Trend Micro has been researching and implementing strategies for combining computer intelligence with the wisdom of human experience. Its XGen™ Smart Protection Suite focuses on endpoint, email, and web security, all of which are regularly exploited by criminals.