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Artificial Intelligence AI LLM Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Sockpuppeting: How a Single Line Can Bypass LLM Safety Guardrails

A jailbreak through sockpuppeting can be easily done as it requires no special tools nor optimization. It only takes a faulty prefill feature, and the gates are open. We tested 11 LLM-powered assistants against sockpuppeting and found varying levels of robustness across today's leading LLMs.

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From Anarchy to Authority: Closing the Governance Gap in Agentic AI

Agentic AI marks a fundamental shift that enables autonomous action and decision-making across enterprise systems but also introduces new, complex risks. TrendAI's Agentic Governance Gateway empowers organizations to understand, control, and trust agentic AI.

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Cyber Crime IoT & OT SOC & Threat Analysts
The Industrialization of Botnets: Automation and Scale as a New Threat Infrastructure

Today’s botnet operations, enabled by automation and shared resources, are outpacing traditional response and patching models. This highlights the growing importance of security capabilities that can match the speed and scale of these attacks.

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AI Social Media Security Research Researchers
From LinkedIn to Tailored Attack in 30 Minutes: How AI Accelerates Target Profiling for Cybercrime

The industrialization of AI-driven OSINT has transformed individual digital footprints into machine-readable intelligence at scale, enabling attackers to operationalize personalized reconnaissance at volume.

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Cybercrime Threat Hunting Threat Intelligence Research
Threat Attribution Framework: How TrendAI™ Applies Structure Over Speculation

TrendAI™ brings structure and discipline to threat attribution, helping security leaders and teams make informed decisions about cyber risk, incident response, and overall defensive posture.

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Research AI Artificial Intelligence (AI) Cyber Threats
AI Skills as an Emerging Attack Surface in Critical Sectors: Enhanced Capabilities, New Risks

AI skills bridge the gap between AI capabilities and real-world operations, but in doing so, they also introduce new risks and avenues for attack. We explore the challenges of AI skill adoption and provide a practical framework for secure deployment.

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Research AI Artificial Intelligence (AI) AI/ML Platforms
How Unmanaged AI Adoption Puts Your Enterprise at Risk

We challenge assumptions about AI models by revealing real-world biases and limitations, and the impact of poorly managed AI adoptions.

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Research AI Cybercrime Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The Next Phase of Cybercrime: Agentic AI and the Shift to Autonomous Criminal Operations

We dive into the transformation from “Cybercrime-as-a-Service“ to “Cybercrime-as-a-Sidekick“, which fundamentally alters the operational dynamics of criminal enterprises.

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Scam AI Cybercrime Research
Reimagining Fraud Operations: The Rise of AI-Powered Scam Assembly Lines

Trend™ Research replicated an AI-powered scam assembly line to reveal how AI is eradicating the barrier for entry to running scams, making fraud easier to run, harder to detect, and effortless to scale.

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AI Cybercrime Research Cyber Crime
The Devil Reviews Xanthorox: A Criminal-Focused Analysis of the Latest Malicious LLM Offering

Xanthorox AI: flirty, menacing, and potentially devastating? We explored the inner workings of this LLM to unveil its devious capabilities for generating malicious code, obtaining private information, and roleplaying.

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