Cyber security: Trend Micro cuts security problems at home with a new gadget

Try as we might to persuade everyone to get internet security, it’s still not on everyone’s devices yet, and as more devices get the internet, security will be more important. So what can you do to make sure your home is locked down?

One solution is coming in the form of a new appliance you’ll be able to attach to your router, courtesy of security company Trend Micro. The idea is simple enough, with a small router addition called the “Home Network Security”, a little black box you attach to your router by way of an Ethernet cable that monitors your home’s network traffic for nasty information and stops it in its tracks.

Did you accidentally click on a phishing email? It’s blocked. Did an email come with a virus that you think you might have downloaded? The payload is thwarted. Are you getting attacked online? Not anymore. Trend Micro’s little package is about stopping all of these issues inside your own netw