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• APT attackers are increasingly using booby-trapped RTF documents, experts say

  Booby-trapped RTF documents are one of the most common types of malicious Microsoft Office files that are used to infect computers with advanced persistent threats (APTs), according to security researchers from Trend Micro.

• Police-themed ransomware starts targeting US and Canadian users

  A ransomware application that locks computers and asks their owners to pay fines for allegedly violating several laws through their online activity is targeting U.S. and Canadian users, malware experts from security firm Trend Micro said on Wednesday.

• Hackers ramping up attacks against Tibetan activists

  Hackers are ramping up their attacks against Tibetan activists and are using increasingly sophisticated techniques to deliver malware, according to researchers from security firms FireEye and Trend Micro.

• Ransomware prevents Windows from starting by replacing the master boot record

  A new ransomware variant prevents infected computers from loading Windows by replacing their master boot record (MBR) and displays a message asking users for money, according to security researchers from Trend Micro.

• Trend Micro unearths more links between China and hacker group

  Security vendor Trend Micro has been tracking a hacking campaign called Luckycat that has been linked to 90 attacks, including some aimed at Tibetan activists, and has tied it to a group based in China, the company said in a new report.

• Australian Tibet Council hit with targeted malware email

  A fake email address was used to launch a targeted malware email campaign against the Australian Tibet Council on the weekend beginning 10 March, according to a Trend Micro security researcher and spokesperson.

• Trend Micro overhauls threat-detection product, returns it to customer premises

  Trend Micro today announced Deep Discovery, a threat-detection tool designed to monitor network traffic in order to detect signs of stealthy attacks aimed at stealing corporate data.

• Q&A: Trend Micro Australia IT manager, Garry Myers

  Garry Myers is a recent convert to the world of information security, having spent 17 years in the insurance industry.

• Spammers impersonate well-known developers to publish rogue apps on Android Market

  Spammers are impersonating well-known Android software developers in order to distribute rogue apps through the official Android Market.

• Malware automates storing of data haul on file-hosting site SendSpace

  Trend Micro researchers have discovered a piece of malicious software that automatically uploads its stolen data cache to the SendSpace file-sharing service for retrieval.

• Drive-by-download attack exploits critical vulnerability in Windows Media Player

  Security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro have come across a Web-based attack that exploits a known vulnerability in Windows Media Player.

• Virtual-security appliances winning users over traditional messaging-security software

  There's no question enterprises want messaging security -- the market for products and services worldwide reached almost $3.2 billion last year, up from $2.7 billion in 2010, and will grow to $4.78 billion in 2015, according to research firm IDC. But a fundamental shift is occurring that foresees businesses favoring virtual-security appliances over more traditional messaging security software.

• Antivirus software sales expected to show strong growth in 2012

  The prevalence with which hackers are handing out headaches to IT security pros will have a big upside for vendors in the coming year, according to new figures from Canalys.

• In pictures: West Tigers tackle cyber safety

  Players from the Wests Tigers NRL club and sponsor Trend Micro took time out from their schedules to present a cyber safety education program to children from St Ambrose Primary School in Sydney.

• Q&A: Raimund Genes, chief technology officer at Trend Micro

  The global CTO speaks to Computerworld Australia about government security trends, off-shoring data and the top three issues facing security professionals in 2012.