Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below youâll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back each Friday for…
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The world lost a funny, talented and wonderful soul late last week. I only knew him for a year, but Raimund Genes made those of us who came to Trend Micro via the TippingPoint acquisition feel right at home. I appreciated his candor, his love of life and his creative cocktails. He was a tremendous…
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On Friday, March 24, we at Trend Micro were saddened to learn that our chief technology officer, Raimund Genes, died unexpectedly at his family home in Germany. It is an incredible loss for us all, and one that still has us wishing it were not true. For me personally, Iâm losing a wonderful, close friend…
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Security startup Cybellum recently announced a new attack that theyâre calling âDoubleAgentâ. Theyâve labelled this a zero day âattack for taking full control over major antiviruses and next-generation antivirusesâ. Thereâs a lot to unpack here. When youâre assessing the risk any issue poses itâs always best to clearly define the issue. Letâs start there. The…
Read More The 10th anniversary of Pwn2Own is now in the books! It was a crazy week at the CanSecWest Conference, full of drama with the biggest contest ever with teams from Asia, Europe and North America! It was a tight race with only three points separating first and second place. In the end, we saw a…
Read More Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below youâll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back each Friday for…
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The 10th anniversary of Pwn2Own just successfully completed as the Zero Day Initiative spent $833,000 acquiring 51 different 0-day bugs. The event was filled with drama as vendors released their security patches the day before the contest, causing a number of entries to pull out immediately. Over the next three days, five additional entries would…
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Ignoring the configurations of your IoT devices puts your business at risk, making it important to secure your systems appropriately.
Read MoreIn our 2016 security roundup report, A Record Year for Enterprise Threats, we talked about the vulnerability landscape during the year and what trends we saw. Letâs look at some of the key aspects of what we saw in 2016. 1. Trend Microâs Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) with support of their 3,000+ independent vulnerability researchers,…
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If youâve ever bought anything online, checked your bank accounts through the app, or logged on to your favorite social media network, youâve used a technology called SSL/TLS. The S in HTTPS. SSL/TLS (just to keep it simple, Iâll refer to as SSL) is the technology used to encrypt the communication between your browser and…
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