Trinity Cyber and Trend Micro Present Insights into Threat Analysis on VirusTotal

Cybersecurity companies describe how to use similarity to stay ahead of malware campaigns

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Nov 18, 2020, 11:52 ET

WASHINGTON and DALLAS, Nov. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Trinity Cyber, Inc., the company redefining network threat prevention, and Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), the leader in cloud security, will host a workshop in partnership with Google's VirusTotal to detail how similarity is one of the most powerful tools for threat analysis.

Together, Trinity Cyber, Trend Micro and VirusTotal will demonstrate why "diffing" greatly speeds up research, helps analysts avoid some of the tricks used by attackers to avoid being detected, and provides a more complete overview of malicious campaigns so that analysts can further pivot and discover artifacts from adversaries.

The workshop will go live on November 25, 2020 at 10 a.m. ET with two presentations:

Trinity Cyber Vice President of Analysis Jeremy Brown, Trinity Cyber Director of Formula Development James Hays, and Vicente Diaz from the VirusTotal team will demonstrate how a new VirusTotal feature called VTDiff helps land and expand malware samples, especially when dealing with unknown variants or possible families. The Trinity Cyber team will showcase how they used VTDiff to uncover a new and relevant Emotet variant and how Trinity Cyber used that knowledge to protect Trinity Cyber customers against the ongoing Emotet malware campaign.

Trend Micro Director and Data Scientist Jon Oliver and Senior Threat Researcher Fernando Merces will explain how two new VirusTotal multi-similarity vectors – TLSH and Telfhash – were developed by Trend Micro to help researchers streamline and accelerate malware analysis. A hands-on demo with VirusTotal Intelligence will showcase a real-world investigation conducted using Telfhash.

This timely webinar comes on the heels of a massive increase in Emotet attacks that, if successful, serve as a popular starting point for ransomware campaigns. The unprecedented wave of ransomware infections at US hospitals was closely linked to the activity of another notorious malware TrickBot, which is often used in concert with Emotet.

To register for the BrightTALK workshop with Trinity Cyber, Trend Micro and VirusTotal, click here.

About Trinity Cyber, Inc.
Trinity Cyber offers highly advanced network threat prevention by operating a trusted, powerful man-in-the-middle proxy that thwarts advanced hacking techniques and threats found within network sessions, without latency. The approach significantly increases network security with a near zero false detection rate. Through its fully managed threat prevention service, Trinity Cyber runs real time, man-in-the-middle countermeasure operations on full sessions at scale, giving organizations limitless maneuverability without disrupting the flow of business. Trinity Cyber is a game changing preventive control for the enterprise. To learn more about how Trinity Cyber is redefining cybersecurity, visit https://www.trinitycyber.com/coolvendor.

About Trend Micro
Trend Micro, a global leader in cybersecurity, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Leveraging over 30 years of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, Trend Micro enables resilience for businesses, governments, and consumers with connected solutions across cloud workloads, endpoints, email, IIoT, and networks. Our XGen™ security strategy powers our solutions with a cross-generational blend of threat-defense techniques that are optimized for key environments and leverage shared threat intelligence for better, faster protection. With over 6,700 employees in 65 countries, and the world's most advanced global threat research and intelligence, Trend Micro enables organizations to secure their connected world. www.trendmicro.com

Media Contacts
Trinity Cyber
Thomas Hester
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Trend Micro
Erin Johnson
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