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Leading Law Enforcers Set to Speak at CLOUDSEC 2017 Following Major Darknet Takedowns

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by Bharat Mistry

Cybercrime remains largely unique: it is without borders and offers perpetrators a great degree of anonymity, meaning most escape justice. But that’s changing, as some excellent policing work in recent days has shown. The takedown of two of the world’s biggest darknet marketplaces, AlphaBay and Hansa, illustrated what can be achieved when law enforcers work effectively with each other across borders.

Yet despite these successes, cross-border collaboration and public-private sector initiatives are still relatively new. That’s why we’ve invited representatives from the FBI, GCHQ, and Interpol to share their experiences at Trend Micro’s upcoming CLOUDSEC 2017 conference in September. Continue reading →

The Year of Online Extortion: Over 81 Billion Threats Blocked in 2016

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by Bharat Mistry

Trend Micro blocked an astonishing 81+ billion threats for customers in 2016, according to our newly released TrendLabs 2016 Security Roundup. If any stat speaks of the scale of the challenge facing organisations from online attackers – and the need for comprehensive multi-layered protection – it’s this one. Ransomware unsurprisingly led the way last year, with a 752% increase in new malware families discovered. But it’s Business Email Compromise (BEC) that potentially threatens to cause more problems going forward. Continue reading →

Uncovering the Mysteries of the Deep Web: A Major New Trend Micro Study

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by Ross Dyer

Most IT professionals worth their salt will have heard of the Deep Web. But beyond the salacious reports and hearsay, how many of us really understand what happens on this vast un-indexed area of the web? At Trend Micro we always try to stay one step ahead of the cyber criminals. This is easier said than done, of course, but one strategy we hit upon was to dedicate significant time and resource to uncovering the secrets of the Deep Web.

So that’s exactly what we’ve done. Hopefully the findings of this major new report will help us, and the industry as a whole, better understand the enemy we all face online. Continue reading →