Vice President, Cloud Research
Our researchers produce a lot of really interesting material. This week, they published a paper called, “U.S. Cities Exposed In Shodan.” The research looks systems that are exposed online…exposure that systems owners aren’t always aware of. The most disturbed statistic in the research is a simple one: the fourth most exposed system is MySQL. I had…
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One of the key benefits of the cloud is focus. Spinning up a virtual server in the cloud lets you focus on the operations and security of the operating system, you applications, and your data. Similarly migrating to a SaaS productivity suite lets you focus on your data and getting work done. This is the…
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I recently posted about why ransomware is such a money maker for criminals. Read it through and I think you’ll understand why this is an area of massive growth for criminals. Ransomware is one of the fastest rising attacks currently out there with no end to that growth in sight. Criminals are making a lot…
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I used to love sitting on the floor and watching Saturday morning cartoons. One of my favorite gags was when a character got really, really hungry. In order to emphasize the point, everything and everyone around them turned to food. The newspaper stand owner became a large hand. The baby in a stroller was suddenly…
Read More Our recent #trendsider twitter chat focused on ransomware. If you haven’t heard about ransomware yet, the odds are good that you will soon. This is major growth area for cybercriminals. Ransomware variants continue to pop up, each a bit more vicious than the last. Security tools continue to block and prevent ransomware, criminals continue to…
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Vulnerability scanning in the cloud has always been challenging. Trying to arrange scans with your security team and cloud provider makes it hard to keep up with your continuous deployment workflow and it definitely doesn’t mesh with your DevSecOps philosophy. Today Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the general availability of Amazon Inspector, a service designed…
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As previously discussed in part one, cloud services are a fact of life in most organizations today – whether you know it or not. When attempting to address this problem today there are three main areas where you should focus your efforts. Reduce Your Exposure First, you want to try and reduce…
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In most organizations today, cloud services are a fact of life. Whether you’re deploying and managing servers in the cloud, building on top of a globally distributed platform, or consuming constantly updated services, the cloud is a fundamental part of your IT service delivery…whether you know it or not. And why wouldn’t you move to…
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The breach of VTech by an unknown cyber-criminal continues to escalate. After initial reports of a breach exposing personally identifiable data of it’s customers (despite VTech’s statement otherwise), the hacker released a limited set of personal messages and photos from VTech customers to prove a near-complete compromise. It’s been a bad week for VTech. Make no mistake, VTech…
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Last week, the whirlwind that was AWS re:Invent, touched down in Las Vegas. This year’s show was the biggest yet, with more than 18,000 people attending. Trend Micro was proud to be a diamond sponsor again and even prouder to win both “sponsor of the year” and “think big” award! New Services During the day one keynote, Andy Jassy, senior…
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