Category: Trend Labs
Backdoor Uses Evernote as Command-and-Control Server
With its rich functionality and accessibility, Evernote is a popular note-taking tool for its many users. Unfortunately, it may also provide the perfect cover for cybercriminals’ tracks. We recently uncovered... Read More
Summary of March 20 Korea MBR Wiper
Our investigation and analysis of last week’s MBR wiper attacks in South Korea is still ongoing. This post summarizes our results and available protection. The MBR wiper arrives as a... Read More
April 2013 Patch Tuesday Includes Fix for Critical IE Issues
For this month’s patch Tuesday, Microsoft released security updated to resolve nine bulletins, including a bulletin for two critical issues found in all versions of Internet Explorer on all supported... Read More
On Borrowed Time: Windows XP Support Expires In Under A Year
Windows XP is officially on its last legs – as far as Microsoft is concerned. There is less than a year remaining before official support ends for the 11-year-old operating... Read More
New Approach to the Old “Facebook Profile Viewer” Ruse
The truth about the Facebook Profile Viewer is simple: it doesn’t exist. You can check every Facebook page or app available, but you can be 100% sure that each one... Read More
New Crimeware In BANCOS Paradise
Traditionally, Brazil is known for being the home of BANCOS, which steals the banking information of users and is generally limited to the Latin American region. Other banking Trojans like... Read More
World Backup Day: The 3-2-1 Rule
March 31 was something of a… busy day on the calendar, so some people may not have noticed that it was also World Backup Day. It’s as good a day... Read More
Keep Your Eye On The Bitcoin
The market capitalization of the Bitcoin ecosystem crossed 1 billion US dollars recently. As the value of the each Bitcoin nears 100 US dollars, many have begun to take notice.... Read More
Trend Micro Joins New CA Security Council As Charter Member
At the recently held RSA Conference 2013, the new CA Security Council (CASC) was launched, with Trend Micro as one of the seven charter members of this grouping of certificate... Read More
SCADA In The Cloud- A Security Conundrum?
Two of the hottest buzzwords circulating in the IT world today are “SCADA” and “cloud computing.” Combining the two technologies has been talked about and is starting to garner more... Read More
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