Trend Micro's Latest Quarterly Threat Report Signals Rapid Incident Growth in Cloud and Mobile Sectors
View Original Press Release→Aug 02, 2011, 08:00 ET
CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro Inc. (TYO: 4704;TSE: 4704), a global cloud security leader, today announced the availability of its 2Q 2011 Threat Roundup report on the most dangerous threats and trends facing computing security today.
The most notable trends in the second quarter of 2011 are the proliferation of Android malware and cloud-computing-related data breaches at a magnitude never seen before. Also, social networking scams became even more sophisticated, and cybercriminals continued to instigate a myriad of malicious schemes.
"At the rate cybercriminals are launching attacks, targeted or not, there's just no telling how many more companies and users will succumb to the dangers these pose before the year ends," said Raimund Genes, CTO, Trend Micro.
Summary of Top Attacks, Breaches and Exploits and Scams
Notable Security Wins
While the threat landscape continues to change and becomes more sophisticated, Trend Micro and other global security teams made impressive takedowns in 2Q:
Supporting Assets
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