Chief Cybersecurity Officer
Healthcare organizations (HCOs) around the world are under attack. The data they store and process has become a valuable commodity on the cybercriminal underground and has even been linked to nation state attacks. In 2015, more than 113 million records were stolen in the U.S. alone, according to the Department of Health and Human Services….
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As connected devices continue to intertwine with daily life, the security of those devices and the information they process is a growing conversation. To gain a better understanding of cyber assets exposed to the internet, Trend Micro researchers took a comprehensive look at the exposed assets in the 10 largest U.S. cities – New York…
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way we live and work forever. It makes us more productive, healthier and happier, and it enables businesses to work smarter, more efficiently and with greater agility. There’s just one problem: from a security perspective IoT devices are fundamentally flawed. And the bad guys are getting pretty…
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Smart cities are redefining the way we live and work. Blending cutting edge IoT technologies with virtualization, big data, cloud and more, they represent an urgent and ongoing attempt to overcome the challenges associated with rapid urbanization. There’s just one problem. These vast, interconnected technology systems also raise serious privacy and security concerns. That’s why…
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As we bid farewell to the final days of 2016, it’s time to start looking ahead to the New Year and what we hope to accomplish within the next 365 days. Year after year, some Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) set lofty goals of securing all data to fullest extent wherever it resides in their…
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This week our threat researchers from our Forward-Looking Threat Research Team (FTR) discovered a new family of ATM malware called Alice. Unlike other ATM malware families, Alice’s main focus is to empty the safe of ATMs. Alice does not steal information, it only enables its users with physical access to machines to steal as much money…
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In the third and final installment of the “Leaking Beeps” series, Trend Micro’s Forward-Looking Threat Research team reveal the risks posed by pager technology used in IT systems throughout various industries, including, healthcare, ICS, universities and enterprises. Once again, we were surprised by the vast amount of unencrypted data cybercriminals are able to access by…
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In an earlier post, I shared my rallying cry to help enterprises transition from being the hunted to the hunter by deploying proactive and resilient strategies. At the heart of this approach is developing a thorough understanding of enterprise risks, which is necessary to proactively secure critical data and infrastructure. While most enterprises are becoming…
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The explosive growth of alternative payment systems (APS) globally has posed great opportunities for businesses and consumers alike but equally has posed significant challenges for international law enforcement and regulators. Not only are we seeing innovation and disruptive technology from non-banking payment service providers growing out of Silicon Valley but we are also seeing traditional…
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Blackhole Exploit Kit introduced the lucrative but hazardous exploit-kit-ransomware combo with CryptoLocker back in 2013. Soon after, other exploit kits, like Angler, Neutrino, Magnitude, and Rig, followed suit. At least 18 percent of known ransomware families now arrive via exploit kits. Note, though, that exploit kits have been distributing a plethora of threats since as…
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