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Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)

Rik Ferguson

VP, Security Research

Rik is actively engaged in research into online threats and the underground economy. He also researches the wider implications of new developments in the Information Technology arena and their impact on security both for consumers and in the enterprise, contributing to product development and marketing plans. Recognized as an industry thought leader and analyst, Rik is regularly quoted by the press on issues surrounding information security, cybercrime and technology futures by trade, national and international media. Follow Rik on Twitter.

The Sky Has Already Fallen (you just haven’t seen the alert yet)

  • Posted on:August 21, 2019
  • Posted in:Business, Security
  • Posted by:Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)
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Of course, the much-touted “Cybersecurity Skills Shortage” isn’t news to anyone, or it shouldn’t be. For seven or more years, journalists, industry analysts and practitioners have been opining about it one way or another. Analyses and opinions vary on how we have reached this impasse, my own being that this is a largely self-inflicted crisis…

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Tags: Skills GapXDR

Today’s Predictions for Tomorrow’s Internet

  • Posted on:October 19, 2017
  • Posted in:Consumer, Data Privacy, Internet Protection, Security
  • Posted by:Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)
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Making predictions is a tricky business and in no area more so than in the area of rapidly developing technology. The pace of change continues to accelerate and the nature of innovation is such that entrepreneurs, as well as criminals are continually searching for “the next big thing” to either benefit or to blight our…

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Bargains and brotherhood: The underground Digital Souks of the Middle East

  • Posted on:October 10, 2017
  • Posted in:Cybercrime, Security, Underground Economy
  • Posted by:Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)
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The release of our report “Digital Souks: A glimpse into the Middle Eastern and North African underground” marks the 12th in our Cybercriminal Underground Economy Series (CUES). Having previously published several papers covering the Japanese, French, German, North American, Chinese, Russian and Brazilian undergrounds this is the first report of its kind focusing on this…

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The Equifax Data Breach: What Do I Do Next?

  • Posted on:September 21, 2017
  • Posted in:Consumer, Current News, Security
  • Posted by:Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)
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Email may not be as secure as many people might think.

On 8 September, credit reporting agency Equifax confessed to a major data breach. It affects 143 million Americans – nearly half of the US population – and 100,000 Canadian consumers. Unfortunately, this means that the hackers may have access to highly sensitive personal and financial information, allowing them to carry out follow-on attacks and identity…

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The Law of Unintended Outbreak – Who Is at Risk from Petya?

  • Posted on:June 28, 2017
  • Posted in:Ransomware
  • Posted by:Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)
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Cyber crime can impact individual users and businesses anywhere in the world.

Hot on the heels of the global WannaCry outbreak in May, yesterday saw a wave of what looked like copycat malware sweeping the globe again. However, on closer inspection there may more to this than meets the eye, more than a simple new variant of an already established ransomware borrowing propagation techniques from WannaCry. The…

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PoS Malware: Old Dog Learns New Tricks

  • Posted on:September 26, 2016
  • Posted in:Malware, Ransomware, Security
  • Posted by:Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)
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POS malware is still a huge problem.

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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New Trend Micro Ransomware Research Shows Firms Should Wise Up, Not Pay Up

  • Posted on:September 8, 2016
  • Posted in:Ransomware, Security
  • Posted by:Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)
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Staying updated about current security threats can help ensure protection for the future.

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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Lone Rangers of the Underground

  • Posted on:September 2, 2015
  • Posted in:Cybercrime, Security
  • Posted by:Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)
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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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TV5 Monde, Russia and the CyberCaliphate

  • Posted on:June 10, 2015
  • Posted in:Security
  • Posted by:Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)
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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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Malvertising: Silent but Deadly

  • Posted on:May 21, 2015
  • Posted in:Security
  • Posted by:Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)
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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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