Doctors and pagers are two things that have been closely linked since the introduction of pagers in the 1960s. For decades, the doctor checking his (and later his or her) pager has been a staple in movies and television. And while you might have expected pagers to have gone way like rotary telephone (or any…
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Trend Micro has seen ransomware on PCs dominate the threat landscape over the last 18 months with their unprecedented volume and destructiveness. But now cybercriminals are attacking another vector: the Android mobile platform. Our research shows unique Android ransomware threats grew 15 times higher in June 2016 than in April 2015[i]. The mobile ransomware threat…
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After taking a year off to do some paperwork, the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) invites you to join us for the fifth annual Mobile Pwn2Own competition, to be held this year on October 26 and 27 at the PacSec Security Conference in Tokyo, Japan. We’re looking forward to rewarding the world’s top security researchers for…
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In the Trend Micro 2016 Security Predictions report, “The Fine Line,” our CTO, Raimund Genes predicted the following: China will drive mobile malware growth to 20M by the end of 2016; globally, mobile payment methods will be attacked. Let’s discuss this and put some perspective around the information to help you understand what is happening…
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When you bank online using your Android smartphone, you’d think the bank’s own app would be the best way to connect securely to your account. And it is—if it’s really the bank’s own app. But what if it isn’t? What if it’s a fake? And how would you know? In 2013 and 14, more than…
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As the mobile malware epidemic has raged on the Android platform, people on iOS have been relatively safe. There are many reasons why this is the case, but one of the chief reasons is that Apple has claimed that they keep their “walled garden” safe meaning that they keep malicious code and malware from entering…
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Financially motivated cybercriminals are expert analysts of emerging tech trends. They’re often the first to spot and adapt to changing patterns of device usage, web browsing, and other key identifiers of our ever-evolving relationship with technology. Once it’s guaranteed that there’ll be a captive user base to make money from, the bad guys turn their…
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If you’ve been hiding on Mars for the past week, you might have missed that Apple has just launched its latest iPhone. Perhaps lacking some of the gee-whizz-bang features of previous major releases, the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus nevertheless contain enough to keep die-hard fans happy. Smartphone design has come a long way in…
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Once upon a time, the back-to-school weeks used to involve parents buying their children new shirts, pants, and shoes for the year ahead. But times have changed. Today, it’s more likely anxious moms and dads are investing significantly more of their hard earned dollars into laptops, smartphones, and tablets for their little ones. But while…
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In the crush of news about the Hacking Team attacks and the subsequent flurry of vulnerabilities, mainly affecting Adobe, there was one piece of critical information for Android users that many have overlooked. Among the tricks and tools that we’ve discovered the Hacking Team has at their disposal is a particularly nasty piece of Android…
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