UAE: More than 83 million cyber threats detected, blocked

More than 83 million cyber threats were blocked and detected in the UAE last year using solutions from Trend Micro, a report from the company showed.

The report, titled “Calibrating Expansion” showed the prevention of over 26 million email threats and more than 11 million malicious URL victim attacks. Furthermore, Trend Micro identified and stopped more than 28 million malware attacks, showcasing its effectiveness in protecting digital infrastructure in the country.

At GISEC, the region’s premier cybersecurity exhibition, Trend Micro is showcasing its state-of-the-art security offerings, including the groundbreaking Trend Vision One, recently launched in the UAE. The platform features the most robust attack surface management capabilities, providing an unparalleled, comprehensive framework for threat detection, response, and risk analysis. Trend Vision One– Attack Surface Risk Management combines continuous attack surface discovery, real-time risk assessments and prioritization, and automated mitigation actions to dramatically reduce risk exposure.

Hackers are increasingly using AI in their attacks. “We have already seen very, very sophisticated attacks using AI already, and we are taking a two-part approach to it. The first part is the security for AI. This means that the models which are being used for the AI, the prompt in tuning the solution which are coming for AI, how do you do the security for them? And other aspect is AI for security, which is how do you enhance the solutions which are currently using cybersecurity and putting an element of AI to make them more smarter. We are you working very heavily on these two streams already. We have solutions in place for security for AI is already but we are enhancing Trend Micro solutions as well on the AI front,” Baig said.