Targeted attacks are among the biggest threats facing organizations today. A perfect storm has formed.  The combination of globally-distributed, creative, and agile cyber criminals; advanced attack toolkits, infrastructure and expertise that is readily available online; and traditional security defences that are not tooled to detect threats they have…

With the recent global Law Enforcement actions in taking down the GameOverZeuS, botnet users need to understand what a botnet is, how it works, and most importantly, how can they protect themselves from becoming a dreaded Zombie (aRe yoU Botted?). Trend Micro recently developed an Infographic that helps people understand what the basics of a…

The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) Conference has kicked off in Boston, MA and will run through Friday. This annual conference offers an ideal networking and learning opportunity from experts in the global security community. According to the FIRST website, the organization is a “a global non-profit organization dedicated to bringing together…

With the topic of targeted attacks and advanced threats capturing so much attention as of late, you could be forgiven for some initial scepticism on yet another article on the subject. However, despite the justifiable attention to the topic, the truth is that targeted attacks are a major yet relatively unmanaged threat to your data…

At the turn of the year we launched Security Predictions for 2014 and Beyond – our attempt to anticipate the major trends in cyber space impacting businesses over the coming years. For anyone doubting our prediction that 2014 would see at least one major data breach incident per month, the past few months will have…

                Anticipation Phony, fake, inadequate, not ready… these were the thoughts flooding my mind as I woke up, put on my mother’s dress, and drove to my very first internship in the corporate world. When I first heard about the Trend Micro internship I was thrilled at the…

Last week’s D.C. Metro Cyber Security Summit was chock-full of great discussions on the current state and future of cyber security. I had the opportunity to sit on the Enterprise Security & BYOD panel as seen here. I’m 2nd from the left :-). Up now: Enterprise Mobile Security & BYOD – Moderated by @RichardGordon5 of…