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Trend Micro Takes On Palo Alto Networks With Cloud Conformity Buy
CRN
October 21, 2019
Trend Micro aims to maintain its leadership position in cloud security over Palo Alto Networks through the $70 million purchase of cybersecurity startup Cloud Conformity.
The Tokyo-based platform security giant said its acquisition of the 50-person cloud security posture management company will help Trend Micro address misconfigurations and unprotected user accounts in the public cloud space, according to Chief Operating Officer Kevin Simzer.
Trend Micro Partners with Snyk to Fix Vulnerabilities for DevOps
October 9, 2019
Trend Micro, a cybersecurity and defense company, recently announced a strategic partnership with the developer-first security company Snyk to help businesses cope with potential vulnerabilities without interrupting the software delivery process.
The new alliance integrates open source vulnerability intelligence from Snyk with Trend Micro’s comprehensive ability to detect vulnerabilities for teams operating in a DevOps environment.
Trend Micro Partners With Snyk To Advance DevSecOps
DevOps.com
October 9, 2019
Trend Micro today announced an alliance with Snyk through which alerts about vulnerabilities in open source code will be passed on to the tools Trend Micro makes available to apply virtual patches to both monolithic and microservices-based applications.
Hackers to stress-test Facebook Portal at hacking contest
TechCrunch
August 28, 2019
Hackers will soon be able to stress-test the Facebook Portal at the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, following the introduction of the social media giant’s debut hardware device last year.
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NEW TECH: Trend Micro inserts 'X' factor into 'EDR' - endpoint detection response
The Last Watchdog
August 14, 2019
Trend Micro is among the top five endpoint security vendors who’ve been in the battle since the earliest iterations of antivirus software, more than three decades ago. The company has evolved far beyond those days. They came to Las Vegas prepared to push detection and response beyond the endpoint.
Fake Tech-Support Scams on Twitter Could Cost You, Study Warns
July 30, 2019
A report from Trend Micro detailed some of the latest ways cybercriminals are using the social media platform to defraud users of their cash. Trend Micro analyzed Twitter data over a three-day period in February and found criminals are gaming search engine results to lure more victims.
Black Hat 2019: 2020 Election Fraud Worries Attendees
July 26, 2019
Data from Black Hat’s fifth attendee survey of more than 300 information security professionals uncovered massive concern over the security of the 2020 U.S. presidential election – and most think the picture is bleak. “In any jurisdiction where digital election technology is not treated like critical infrastructure it is akin to having unregulated ATM machines,” said Greg Young, vice president of cybersecurity at Trend Micro. “We have tremendous amount of resiliency in ATMs now and we need
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Vicious Malware Threatens to Turn Search Engine Into Crypto-Mining Zombie Botnet
July 23, 2019
Enterprise search engine Elasticsearch is under threat of being turned into a sophisticated cryptocurrency mining botnet to be used in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Trend Micro describes a new malware strain that launches multi-stage attacks on publicly accessible databases and servers that run old versions of Elasticsearch software.
BT and Trend Micro Expand on Azure Marketplace
July 16, 2019
Trend Micro said it has made its Deep Security as a Service product available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Launching at Microsoft’s Inspire 2019 event, the Trend Micro offering lets organizations combine the benefits of security software-as-a-service (SaaS) with consolidated cloud billing and usage-based, metered pricing.
Payment Fraud: Criminals Enroll Stolen Cards on Apple Pay
July 15, 2019
According to a recent report issued by security researchers at Trend Micro, ATM malware has become a commodity and any criminal with $1,000 to invest can start attacking ATMs in no time.