Trend Micro Discovers Actively Exploited Vulnerability Affecting Millions of Users: Customers Already Protected
DALLAS, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, announced its discovery of a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Defender that is actively being exploited by cyberthreat group Water Hydra.
- Trend discovered the vulnerability on December 31, 2023 and Trend customers have been automatically protected since January 1, 2024.
- Trend protects its customers by issuing virtual patches an average of 51 days before patches are released, including this zero-day for Microsoft.
- Trend estimates that customers who applied all virtual patches in 2023 saved an average of $1M for their enterprise.
- Mark Houpt, CISO, Databank: "We have experienced first-hand the advantages of being under the protective umbrella of Trend Micro.