In November, a targeted spear-phishing campaign was observed using Trend Micro-themed lures against various industries, but this was quickly detected and thwarted by the Trend Vision One™ platform.

Trend™ Research examines the complex collaborative relationship between China-aligned APT groups via the new “Premier Pass-as-a-Service” model, exemplified by the recent activities of Earth Estries and Earth Naga.

In this blog entry, we discuss how Shadowpad is being used to deploy a new undetected ransomware family. Attackers deploy the malware by exploiting weak passwords and bypassing multi-factor authentication.