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We’ve recently seen a surge in attacks involving the Mekotio banking trojan. In this blog entry, we'll provide an overview of the trojan and what it does.

AI Pulse is a new blog series from Trend Micro on the latest cybersecurity AI news. In this edition: Siri says hi to OpenAI, fraud hogs the AI cybercrime spotlight, and why the Paris Olympics could be a hotbed of deepfakery.

We analyze the multi-stage loading technique used by Water Sigbin to deliver the PureCrypter loader and XMRIG crypto miner.

In this blog we uncover threat actors using the 2024 Olympics to lure victims into investing in an initial coin offering (ICO). Similar schemes have been found to use AI-generated images for their fake ICO websites.

AI coding companions are keeping pace with the high-speed evolution of generative AI overall, continually refining and augmenting their capabilities to make software development faster and easier than ever before. This blog looks at how the landscape is changing and key features of market-leading solutions from companies like AWS, GitHub, and Tabnine.

To test the effectiveness of managed services like our Trend Micro managed detection and response offering, MITRE Engenuity™ combined the tools, techniques, and practices of two globally notorious bad actors: menuPass and ALPHV/BlackCat. This blog tells the story of why they were chosen and what makes them threats to be reckoned with.

The latest Omdia Vulnerability Report shows Trend MicroTM Zero Day InitiativeTM (ZDI) spearheaded 60% of 2023 disclosures, underscoring its role in cybersecurity threat prevention.

Explore the need for going beyond built-in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace™ security based on email threats detected in 2023.

Explore the need for going beyond built-in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace™ security based on email threats detected in 2023.

We recently discovered a new threat actor group that we dubbed Void Arachne. This group targets Chinese-speaking users with malicious Windows Installer (MSI) files in a recent campaign. These MSI files contain legitimate software installer files for AI software and other popular software but are bundled with malicious Winos payloads.

The latest MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluations pitted leading managed detection and response (MDR) services against threats modeled on the menuPass and BlackCat/AlphV adversary groups. Trend Micro achieved 100% detection across all 15 major attack steps with an 86% actionable rate for those steps— balancing detections and business priorities including operational continuity and minimized disruption.

This blog entry provides an analysis of the Noodle RAT backdoor, which is likely being used by multiple Chinese-speaking groups engaged in espionage and other types of cybercrime.

We analyze a cryptojacking attack campaign exploiting exposed Docker remote API servers to deploy cryptocurrency miners, using Docker images from the open-source Commando project.

In this blog entry, our researchers provide an analysis of TargetCompany ransomware’s Linux variant and how it targets VMware ESXi environments using new methods for payload delivery and execution.

In its ninth year, the annual SANS Threat Hunting Survey delves into global organizational practices in threat hunting, shedding light on the challenges and adaptations in the landscape over the past year.

Discover how XDR can enhance threat detection and response to improve a SecOps team’s efficiency and outcomes.

You may have EDR, but did you know you can add threat detection and response to improve a SecOps team’s efficiency and outcomes - read more.

Discover Trend Micro's integration of NVIDIA NIM to deliver an AI-driven cybersecurity solution for next-generation data centers. Engage with experts, explore demos, and learn strategies for securing AI data centers and optimizing cloud performance.

Water Sigbin (aka the 8220 Gang) exploited the Oracle WebLogic vulnerabilities CVE-2017-3506 and CVE-2023-21839 to deploy a cryptocurrency miner using a PowerShell script. The threat actor also adopted new techniques to conceal its activities, making attacks harder to defend against.

Get our take on the RSA 2024 conference where we review some of the major topics covered such as AI and data governance.