Here you will find the latest blogs from Trend Micro’s experts along with comprehensive news looking at the latest information surrounding the FBI’s malware warning and the Sony network hack. We encourage you to scroll through the various blogs, provide comments and enjoy the in-depth knowledge that Trend Micro has to offer.
December 19, 2014
Yahoo! Finance
Hackers May Have Planted Their ‘Time Bomb’ Inside Sony Months Ago
We’re starting to get more details on how the massive hack against Sony Pictures’ computer network may have taken place.
Bloomberg interviewed a security analyst at Trend Micro, a security software company that claims to have copies of the malware used to infect Sony’s computers.
Wall Street Journal
The Morning Risk Report: Sony Debacle Starts New Age of Cyber Risk
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.’s cancelled release of “The Interview” after a devastating attack on its servers signals the beginning of a dangerous new period of cyber risk, experts say, escalating the costs data breaches of the past to the danger now that hackers pivotal business decisions can be swayed by hackers.
Bloomberg
Sony Hackers Seen Having Snooped for Months, Planted Bomb
Hackers who broke into Sony Corp. (6758)’s Hollywood unit probably spent months collecting passwords and mapping the network before they committed a last act of vandalism, setting off a virus that wiped out data and crashed the system in 10 minutes.
USA Today
Authorities increasingly satisfied N. Korea behind hack
U.S. authorities have become increasingly satisfied that the cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment originated in North Korea, a federal law enforcement official said Thursday.
The official was not authorized to comment publicly. Earlier, authorities indicated that the attack might have originated in another country.
Newsmax
Report: Hackers Stole Passwords to Access Sony’s System
Sony’s computer system was hacked by individuals who stole the computer passwords of a system administrator — giving them “keys to the entire building,” a U.S. official said Thursday.
Business Insider
Hackers May Have Planted Their ‘Time Bomb’ Inside Sony Months Ago
We’re starting to get more details on how the massive hack against Sony Pictures’ computer network may have taken place.
December 18, 2014
Vice President of technology and solutions JD Sherry talks about the Sony hack with BBC World News and Fox Business.
December 15, 2014
James Bond ‘Spectre’ script allegedly stolen in Sony Pictures hack. Watch Trend Micro’s Vice President of technology and solutions JD Sherry on ABC’s Good Morning America.
December 14, 2014
ABC’s World News Tonight (video)
New Leaked Sony Documents Expose Executives’ Private Emails
December 13, 2014
Are cyber breaches the new normal? Trend Micro’s Vice President of technology and solutions JD Sherry shares his thoughts on what should be done on Bloomberg TV.
December 10, 2014
Trend Micro’s Vice President of technology and solutions JD Sherry chats with Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo regarding the Sony cyber-attack.
December 8, 2014
The Hack of Sony Pictures: What We Know and What You Need to Know
A week into Sony Pictures’ devastating hack attack, a series of leaked internal documents and spreadsheets containing information and data of the company’s employees and senior executives have been leaked to the public.
December 6, 2014
Good Morning America (video)
FBI Investigates Threatening Emails Sent to Sony Pictures
USA Today
Antivirus software powerless against Sony hackers
The malicious software that crippled Sony Pictures Entertainment and resulted in the release of gigabytes of sensitive information was not something that even state of the art antivirus software would have picked up.
December 5, 2014
WIPALL Malware Leads to #GOP Warning in Sony Hack
Our previous blog entry discussed the “destructive” FBI security advisory and an analysis about the WIPALL malware family and its direct connection to the massive Sony Pictures hack. In this blog post, we will further discuss other WIPALL malware variants and their main routines that link to the #GOP warning seen in infected computers of Sony Pictures employees.
December 4, 2014
AP
Experts see Korean parallels in Sony hack
Some cybersecurity experts say they’ve found striking similarities between the code used in the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment and attacks blamed on North Korea which targeted South Korean companies and government agencies last year.
Destructive Cyber Attacks Raise the Stakes for US Firms
Tom Kellermann
A confidential five-page news flash sent to businesses reportedly claimed that hackers are now launching destructive online raids specifically aimed at wiping target companies’ hard drives. It’s the first time such an attack has been waged on US soil and it could be an ominous harbinger of things to come.
December 3, 2014
New York Time – Quotation of the Day
“This was like a home invasion where after taking the family jewels the hackers set the house ablaze.”
TOM KELLERMANN of Trend Micro, a security firm, on a cyberattack against Sony that at first defaced its website and then exposed employees’ Social Security numbers, salaries and performance reviews.
An Analysis of the “Destructive” Malware Behind FBI Warnings
TrendLabs engineers were recently able to obtain a malware sample of the “destructive malware” described in reports about the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warning to U.S. businesses last December 2.
December 2, 2014
New York Times
Sony Films Are Pirated, and Hackers Leak Studio Salaries
Boston Herald
Hollywood on alert following Sony cyber-attack
Variety
Hollywood on Alert Following Sony Cyber-Attack
The hacking attack that hobbled Sony Pictures Entertainment in recent days has left other Hollywood studios examining their own security measures.
Dark Reading
FBI Warning Shows Targeted Attacks Don’t Just Steal Anymore
As rumors and hazy news about the hack against Sony Pictures Entertainment continue to gel into credible theories about what exactly happened and who carried out the attack, one solid detail has emerged out of the mess. In the wake of the attack, the FBI has issued a warning against “destructive” malware that some experts believe could be tied to discoveries from the Sony attack.
News Talk
Korean language malware blamed for hacking attack that crippled systems at Sony Pictures
A hacking attack that crippled key systems at Sony Pictures and led to blockbuster movies being leaked online is increasingly being blamed on Pyongyang after the FBI said some of the software used was compiled in Korean.
December 1, 2014
Yahoo! News
