VP, Security Research
With all the focus on ransomware so far in 2016, you could be forgiven for thinking that not much else is happening in the world of online crime. Don’t be too hasty though, while there is a massive uptick in criminal interest, innovation and investment in ransomware, other profitable forms of cybercrime are certainly not…
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Most IT leaders have by now either encountered ransomware or know someone who has. But how many really understand the threat, its potential impact on the organization and how best to mitigate it? To find out, Trend Micro commissioned new research – both to shine a light on the problem and to provide those IT…
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When we speak about online crime, we do so often in terms of “organised crime” or of highly-skilled nation-state sponsored activity. So much so in fact that you could be forgiven for thinking that solo online criminals represent the bottom-feeding, “script-kiddie” side of the business. Trend Micro’s second quarter roundup “A Rising Tide: New Hacks…
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Yesterday evening French magazine L’Express published a report linking an attack against TV5 Monde very firmly to the Russian state. The attack, which knocked 11 of its global channels off air for a period of time and resulted in a compromised website and Facebook page, took place back in April. At the time when the…
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The malvertising phenomenon is not a new thing; it has been a criminal tactic for over a decade. Back in 2004, visitors to the technology website, “The Register” were hit by a rogue advertisement, which took advantage of a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer to push the BOFRA malware. Over the course of the last decade,…
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We all enjoy keeping up with friends and family on social media, but we have to be mindful of our privacy and security when we do. Here are some suggestions to help keep your personal information private: 1. Understand what information the site needs for your account and how they use it in the first…
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Protecting your computer and personal devices from malware requires both ongoing personal vigilance and help from professional security companies. Nowadays, malware doesn’t just target your home computers but also the mobile devices that you and your family are using. And the problem is bigger than you might think. Last year, an average 80 million malware…
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April 2015 sees the release of a project that has been a year in the making for us. Something that we had affectionately been calling “Choose Your Own Adventure” for most of its lifetime as we laid it out, put some meat on the bones and finally stitched it all together (no we weren’t making…
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Ensuring Internet safety for kids is more complex than ever before because it now includes all your family’s home computers, cell phones, and tablets. Every device should be a part of the safety program. Creating a safer Internet environment for kids requires a careful mix of parental authority and family trust. Parental authority extends to…
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2014 saw a significant jump in the quantity, quality and prevalence of point-of-sale malware attacks. These malicious creations, commonly referred to as PoS RAM Scrapers are designed to compromise the terminals used by businesses the world over to carry out retail transactions. Tens of millions of payment card details are routinely stolen, sometimes in a…
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