Since the Tatanga Trojan (TSPY_PINCAV.GEK) made it to the news last week, thanks to the terrific work of fellow researchers at S21Sec, the Trend Micro research team has been hard at work to find out more about this malware. Luckily, we managed to obtain access to a command-and-control (C&C) server, giving us the opportunity to gather…
Read MoreMobile threats are reaching new heights today and the Android platform is becoming a favorite of attackers. Google made the Android platform as “open” as possible and released application development documentations, source codes, and SDKs for anyone to see. Becoming an Android developer is quite easy—one just needs to pay a US$25 registration fee and he/she…
Read MoreAs early as 2006, Trend Micro already recognized the fact that the BlackBerry technology could be exploited by cybercriminals. The smartphone may have remained spared from malware attacks over the years although there have been recent news of a ZeuS variant specifically targeting BlackBerry users. As we have said in a recent post, banking Trojans…
Read MoreVery recently, one of our colleagues, Menard Oseña, who attended the “RSA Conference” discussed how important it is for organizations to have a strong security mindset when it comes to dealing with social media and company information. In the report, he highlighted how organizations should always make sure that they protect themselves from both internal and external…
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