On the tragic week of September 11th I must remind you that the historic lesson of September 11th, is that non-state actors will use technology to attack critical infrastructures. 2015 has become a dark year wherein more cyberweapons have been distributed to actors who are not solely operating as criminals but also are paying homage…
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Trend Micro threat research today released a new report that details out the activities of a group of hackers we call Rocket Kitten and who have been active in a cyberespionage campaign for several years now. We released a previous report on this group, but since then some new activities have been uncovered with the help…
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The evolution of crime continues to push itself into the cyber world. Physical criminal operations are now learning to walk again as our generation continues to get its feet wet in the digital age. The low risk, high reward incentive involved with cybercrime opens the flood gates for criminal pioneers to evolve their financially motivated…
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This week we learned of a concerted cybercriminal effort to subvert the Yahoo ad network, which could have affected the 6.9 billion monthly visitors to their site. The threat actors behind this attack utilized a few threats we’ve seen recently, such as malvertisements and exploit kits. Malvertisements are malicious ads designed and placed by cybercriminals…
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Could you have imagined five years ago that the car you’re driving would have greater computing power than the Apollo 11 that landed on the moon? And could you have imagined that those same cars would be manufactured with state-of-the-art roll bars, airbags and anti-lock brakes to prevent accident and injury, but not sufficient cyber…
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At Trend Micro it’s always been our job to work out where the next threat is coming from, so we can offer the best protection possible to our customers. Sometimes people listen to us at shows and say: “Seriously? That’s never happened to us.” But that’s the point. It hasn’t … yet. Who would have…
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Brian Krebs reports that Ashley Madison, a self-proclaimed site for extra-marital affairs, has been successfully breached. The attackers, a group calling themselves the “Impact Team,” claim they’ve stolen a significant trove of internal information that includes personal details on some, if not all, of the site’s 37 million users. Avid Life Media (ALM), who owns…
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Overnight, Trend Micro’s research teams identified a new attack in the ongoing Pawn Storm campaign that is focused on high-profile, sensitive targets. The Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ has enabled us to identify email messages targeting a NATO member as well as a US defense organization. This latest Pawn Storm attack is also notable because…
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The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has just released the latest details from their ongoing investigation into the attacks against their systems. Today’s announcement represents a significant escalation in the number of people affected and the risk victims face. Everyone who works or has worked for the federal government as an employee or…
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More details continue to emerge regarding the attack against the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Some of the details aren’t surprising – for instance that the number of affected employees has skyrocketed from 4 to 18 million. It’s not unusual for the scope of victims to increase as an investigation continues. It also…
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