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Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption and Broadcom Symantec Endpoint Encryption are two of the leading options. Both Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption and Broadcom Symantec Endpoint Encryption protect a wide range of devices typically used by businesses, ranging from Mac and PC laptops and desktops to removable media devices.

Trend Micro has released a midyear cybersecurity report that makes two interesting claims: First, that ransomware numbers decreased by almost half in H1 2021 compared to H1 2020; and second, that the number of newly reported vulnerabilities decreased, with a particularly large dip in the number of critical flaws being reported. The first six months of 2021, Trend Micro said, "Were marked with significant vulnerability exploitation incidents, such as the ProxyLogon attacks," which was the key exploit behind the Microsoft Exchange server attacks.

Analysts reviewed 13 million security incidents and found that end-of-life versions of Linux distributions were at the biggest risk. Linux now has been around long enough that old versions are causing security problems, according to a new report from Trend Micro.

Trend Micro announced earnings results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021, ending June 30, 2021. In the second quarter of 2021, Trend Micro continued its steady 12% year-over-year net sales growth at actual currency across all major geographic regions as well as across enterprise and consumer segments.

Security vendor Trend Micro has issued a warning for in-the-wild zero-day attacks hitting customers using its Apex One and Apex One as a Service products. In a security bulletin released quietly on July 28, Trend Micro rolled out patches for at least four documented vulnerabilities alongside a warning that malicious attackers are already launching exploits against two of the security defects.

The Nefilim ransomware gang might not be the best known or most prolific online extortion crew but their penchant for attacking small numbers of $1bn+ turnover firms is paying off, according tot he latest research. "Of the 16 ransomware groups studied from March 2020 to January 2021, Conti, Doppelpaymer, Egregor and REvil led the way in terms of number of victims exposed - and Cl0p had the most stolen data hosted online at 5TB. However, with its ruthless focus on organizations posting more than $1bn in revenue, Nefilim extorted the highest median revenue," said Trend Micro in a report released on Tuesday.

Trend Micro on Thursday disclosed the details of a recently patched privilege escalation vulnerability that has been found to impact macOS, iOS and iPadOS. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-30724, was discovered by Trend Micro researcher Mickey Jin, and it was patched by Apple on May 24 with the release of macOS 11.4, iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6. The vulnerability, caused by an out-of-bounds memory access issue, can allow a local attacker to elevate privileges by sending specially crafted requests.

Three security vulnerabilities have been found in Trend Micro's Home Network Security systems, which can allow denial of service, privilege escalation, code execution and authentication bypass. The Home Network Security Station is an all-in-one device that scans for vulnerabilities for connected devices, performs intrusion detection and allows consumers to control access settings for all devices on the network.

Vulnerabilities identified by security researchers with Cisco's Talos unit in Trend Micro Home Network Security devices could be exploited to elevate privileges or achieve arbitrary authentication. The Home Network Security station provides users with monitoring and protection capabilities, including vulnerability scanning, intrusion prevention, threat protection, and device-based access control.

Trend Micro launched a new, co-built SaaS solution with Snyk. Trend Micro Cloud One - Open Source Security by Snyk is the newest Cloud One service and the first partner addition to the platform, which is available through the channel as well as AWS Marketplace.