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\nOutReach<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a07 February 2022\u00a0–\u00a0Trend Micro Incorporated<\/a> (TYO: 4704<\/a>; TSE: 4704<\/a>),
\na global cybersecurity leader, today
\nconfirmed its commitment to making the digital world safer by revealing the
\ninstrumental role its Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)* played in finding and
\nreporting a critical vulnerability in the file sharing protocol Samba.<\/p>\n
\nout more about the Samba flaw and how to mitigate its impact, please visit our
\nblog <\/i><\/b>here<\/i><\/a> and technical support alert <\/i><\/b>here.<\/i><\/a>
\nvulnerability disclosure comes on the heels of the recent Log4j vulnerability
\nand highlights the challenges many global security teams have in mitigating
\nrisk across a multitude of applications and open source software,” said Jon
\nClay, vice president of threat intelligence at Trend Micro. “The good news is
\nthis was found during our Pwn2Own event, which means we had an opportunity to
\nwork with the developers to responsibly patch and disclose the vulnerabilities.
\nSo far, we have not heard of any in-the-wild attacks occurring.”<\/p>\n
\nPwn2Own events run regularly around the world, challenging contestants to find
\nnew vulnerabilities and exploits in widely used software and systems. They are
\npart of a company-wide effort to enhance cybersecurity for customers and the
\nentire online community through the ZDI and Trend Micro’s own global threat
\nintelligence team of thousands of researchers.<\/p>\n
\nare increasingly important as organizations continue to digitally transform,
\nexpanding their attack surface and reliance on software \u2013\u00a0particularly
\nopen source components. <\/p>\n