Tag: trend micro
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VB2019 paper: Play fuzzing machine – hunting iOS and macOS kernel vulnerabilities automatically and smartly
Apple ’s MacOS and iOS operating systems are often praised for their security. Yet vulnerabilities in both operating systems are regularly being found and exploited, especially by more advanced attackers. In a paper presented at VB2019 in London, Trend Micro researchers Lilang Wu and Moony Li explained how researchers like them hunt for such vulnerabilities…
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AV-Test.org unveils latest results
Trend Micro achieves pass; Microsoft and McAfee fail to reach certification standards. Independent testing body AV-Test.org has released its latest set of quarterly test results, reporting on the performance of 19 products in its multi-layer certification scheme. The reports show some major players not reaching the required grade, with McAfee ‘s Internet Security solution missing…
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AV-Test.org issues latest round of testing results
Symantec and Microsoft outdo Trend and McAfee in live tests. Independent testing organisation AV-Test.org has released its latest round of test results in a simplified format, providing at-a-glance details of performance in a series of tests aimed at mimicking real-world situations. Testing covered a wide range of criteria, all run in a fully connected and…
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Tough weekend for AV giants as FPs and DNS issues hit
Trend false alert cripples users’ systems, Sophos sites taken out by DNS mixup. Two of the larger security firms, Trend Micro and Sophos , had a busy weekend cleaning up after troubles hit them on Friday. Trend Micro released a pair of signature updates which led to its products erroneously identifying several Windows system files…
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Trend OfficeScan flaws labelled highly critical
Web-delivered products at risk of allowing remote access. A set of vulnerabilities have been reported in Trend Micro ‘s Officescan product, which have been flagged with the ‘Highly Critical’ rating by vulnerability watchers at Secunia as exploitation could allow execution of code from remote sources. The vulnerabilities, buffer overflows in ActiveX objects used by the…
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More ‘trusted sites’ carrying iframe danger
Big wave of website infections could affect tens of thousands of sites, Trend Micro latest victim. Earlier this week McAfee reported a major outbreak of website infections, with as many as 20,000 sites thought to have been hit with a single wave of malicious iframe insertion attacks. Since then, Trend Micro ‘s website has been…
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Trend Micro buys email encryption firm
UK company taken over by security giant. Global security superpower Trend Micro has invested in a small email encryption firm based in Bristol, UK. The company, Identum , emerged from Bristol University’s cryptography department five years ago, and markets an AES-based encryption software under the name Private Post , using public keys generated from a…
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Vista SP1 clashing with AV products
Service Pack causing issues for several security suites. Microsoft has released details of several software products that are known to have problems running in conjunction with Service Pack 1 for its Vista operating system. The list includes several security products, including BitDefender 10 , BitDefender Internet Security 10 , Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 ,…
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Meta-phishing
Phishing warning contains link to… phishing site. The anti-malware industry can congratulate itself for there being an increasing awareness among users about phishing. Users are becoming increasingly phish-savvy and many now know that they should be wary of clicking on links in emails that appear to come from their bank – especially if they are…