TrendAI™ Research provides a comprehensive analysis of the RedC2 Linux Implant, a sophisticated threat recently discovered in the npm open-source ecosystem.
In this blog entry, researchers at TrendAI Vision One™ Services – Managed Detection and Response (MDR) walk through how attackers deliver, install, and operate a reconfigured ScreenConnect client, and why it slips past defenses built to catch conventional malware.
One click on a targeted lure handed an attacker live Microsoft 365 session tokens, enough to impersonate a vendor and reroute payments. TrendAI Vision One™ Services – Managed Detection and Response (MDR) tracks the attack to its root cause.
TrendAI™ is deepening its focus on the CISA KEV Catalog as a proven signal of active risk. With AI, TrendAI™ combines TrendAI™ ZDI research, exploit intelligence, exposure context, and business risk to drive continuous, AI-assisted prioritization, helping security teams make better decisions and act faster.
In this blog entry, Trend™ Research provides a comprehensive breakdown of GhostPenguin, a previously undocumented Linux backdoor with low detection rates that was discovered through AI-powered threat hunting and in-depth malware analysis.
CVE-2025-55182 is a critical (CVSS 10.0) pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability affecting React Server Components used in React.js, Next.js, and related frameworks (see the context section for a more exhaustive list of affected frameworks).
Job seekers looking out for opportunities might instead find their personal devices compromised, as a PureRAT campaign propagated through email leverages Foxit PDF Reader for concealment and DLL side-loading for initial entry.
Through AI-driven code conversion and a layered infection chain involving different file formats and scripting languages, the threat actors behind Water Saci are quickly upgrading their malware delivery and propagation methods across WhatsApp in Brazil.
Shai-hulud 2.0 campaign features a sophisticated variant capable of stealing credentials and secrets from major cloud platforms and developer services, while automating the backdooring of NPM packages maintained by victims. Its advanced tactics enable rapid, stealthy propagation across the software supply chain, putting countless downstream users at risk.
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Trend™ Research identified a sophisticated Agenda ransomware attack that deployed a Linux variant on Windows systems. This cross-platform execution can make detection challenging for enterprises.
Trend™ Research examines the complex collaborative relationship between China-aligned APT groups via the new “Premier Pass-as-a-Service” model, exemplified by the recent activities of Earth Estries and Earth Naga.
A tokenizer lies at the core of every large language model. When it drifts, whether from unseen flaws or adversarial interference, costs rise and performance drops. We explore this emerging risk, its implications, and the measures to prevent it.
TrendAI™ Research examines the latest version of the Vidar stealer, which features a full rewrite in C, a multithreaded architecture, and several enhancements that warrant attention. Its timely evolution suggests that Vidar is positioning itself to occupy the space left after Lumma Stealer’s decline.
August 20th, 2026 
15 min