Trend Micro to protect cloud servers

News An updated version of Deep Security includes features aimed at virtualised servers hosted in third-party datacentres, including support for VMware's VMsafe API [27 Oct 2009]

• Tags:
• VMsafe,
• VSphere,
• ServerProtect,
• Anti-malware

Warning as rogue Facebook apps steal log-in data

News A handful of rogue apps that steal log-in details and spam victims' friends have been unleashed on the popular social networking site [20 Aug 2009]

• Tags:
• Phishing,
• Apps,
• Spam,
• Facebook

Security players form alliance to tackle malware

News IEEE's Industry Connections Security Group aims to formalise sharing of malware data among security players, while an analyst warns its focus may be too narrow [18 Aug 2009]

• Tags:
• Antivirus,
• IEEE,
• XML,
• Security

Phone Trojan 'has botnet features'

News A piece of low-risk malware aimed at mobile devices with Symbian operating systems has the capacity to enable a hacker to build a botnet of phones, according to Trend Micro [16 Jul 2009]

• Tags:
• Mobile Phone,
• Botnet,
• Symbian,
• Trojan

Conficker wakes up, updates itself over P2P

News The worm that was expected to activate on 1 April started to update itself on Wednesday using peer-to-peer, according to security companies [09 Apr 2009]

• Tags:
• Worm,
• Micro,
• Malware,
• Encrypted

Conficker worm fails to wreak predicted havoc

News Security researchers say the date set for the Conficker C update may have been an April Fool's joke, but warn of the potential for the infected machines to still become a botnet [02 Apr 2009]

• Tags:
• Machines,
• Worm,
• Malware,
• Asia

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• Look over your shoulder

Exploit targets IE7 hole patched a week ago

News Windows users are being urged to get the latest Microsoft security update or risk getting attacked via a hole in IE7 that can be exploited to install a backdoor [18 Feb 2009]

• Tags:
• Attack,
• Micro,
• Patch,
• Trend Micro

1 Talkback

Bogus celebrity LinkedIn profiles hide malware

News Security researchers have warned that links on the network purporting to offer nude shots of celebrities such as Beyoncé Knowles and Victoria Beckham lead to malware [07 Jan 2009]

• Tags:
• Profiles,
• Malicious,
• Malware,
• Links

Trend Micro rails against standalone antivirus apps

News The company's top malware expert has criticised standalone antivirus applications for creating a false sense of security, but says Trend Micro still sells them due to customer demand [24 Sep 2008]

• Tags:
• Micro,
• Demands,
• Component,
• Antivirus

Trend Micro rolls out Internet Security 2009 suites

News Improvements include access to an 'in the cloud' malware-signature database and education tools to show users where attacks originate [12 Sep 2008]

• Tags:
• Micro,
• Malware,
• Versus,
• Trend Micro