• AutoIt scripting increasingly used by malware developers

  By Lucian Constantin | 07 May, 2013 12:35

  AutoIt, a scripting language for automating Windows interface interactions, is increasingly being used by malware developers thanks to its flexibility and low learning curve, according to security researchers from Trend Micro and Bitdefender.

• Trend Micro seeks to make Amazon Web Services more secure

  By Ellen Messmer | 30 April, 2013 14:08

  Trend Micro today announced a slate of cloud-based security services that it says protect servers for Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers.

• BlackBerry details extensive security protection in BlackBerry 10 OS

  By Ellen Messmer | 04 April, 2013 18:17

  The recent release of the BlackBerry 10 operating system sets the stage for a security evolution as well, according to Alex Manea, manager of security services at BlackBerry.

• Trend Micro's new paradigm: old (but good) advice in a new bottle

  By Stilgherrian | 01 April, 2013 08:26

  Information security vendors are telling customers to think in a new way. At the core of their advice is the idea — the admission, if you like — that no matter how good the defences they sell, sooner or later the bad guys will get through.

• Malware-detecting 'sandboxing' technology no silver bullet

  By Ellen Messmer | 26 March, 2013 20:05

  The security technology called "sandboxing" aims at detecting malware code by subjecting it to run in a computer-based system of one type of another to analyze it for behavior and traits indicative of malware. Sandboxing -- one alternative to traditional signature-based malware defense -- is seen as a way to spot zero-day malware and stealthy attacks in particular. While this technique often effective, it's hardly foolproof, warns a security researcher who helped establish the sandboxing technology used by startup Lastline.

• 13 IT security myths debunked

  By Ellen Messmer | 15 February, 2013 23:19

  They're security myths, oft-repeated and generally accepted notions about IT security that ... simply aren't true. As we did a year ago, we've asked security professionals to share their favorite "security myths" with us. Here are 13 of them.

• Trend Micro CEO: hackers hitting AV infrastructure

  By Robert McMillan | 26 October, 2009 08:28

  It's become an all-too-common scam: A legitimate Web site pops up a window that looks just like a real security warning. It says there's something wrong with the computer, and click here to fix it. A few clicks later, the victim is paying out US$40 for some bogus software, called rogue antivirus.

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