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Six Minutes to Compromise: How ‘Patriot Bait’ Actor Used AI to Build and Deploy a C&C Botnet

TrendAI™ Research analyzed over 200 Gemini CLI session logs showing how a Russian-speaking threat actor used AI to run a live botnet, finishing a full C&C migration in six minutes while doing just 11% of the work himself.

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Cyber threats
TONResolver RAT Abuses TON Blockchain to Target Japan's Hotel Industry

In this blog entry, TrendAI™ Research examines a wave of phishing emails observed in May 2026 that targeted Japanese accommodation facilities using Booking.com, detailing the victims, attack techniques used, and characteristics of the malware involved.

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Cyber threats
From Langflow to Monero: Inside CVE-2026-33017 Cryptominer

We tracked a cryptocurrency-mining campaign exploiting CVE-2026-33017, which revealed how threat actors are now scanning exposed AI application infrastructure for their next foothold.

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Cyber threats
PeopleSoft PeopleTools Pre-Authentication RCE: A PSIGW SSRF Chain That Executes Inside the JVM

A pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) chain in Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools abuses the Integration Broker's PSIGW gateway to execute code inside the application server's Java virtual machine (JVM), evading behavioral and network sensors.

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Malware
Threat Actors Abuse claude.ai Shared Chat for ClickFix Malvertising Campaign

Cybercriminals hijacked Google Ads searches for popular AI developer tools to funnel over 2,000 victims toward malicious download pages before quietly moving their operation onto claude.ai's own platform, turning the trusted domain into a delivery mechanism for credential-stealing malware.

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AI
GenAI Is Both Hunter and Hunted at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026

This year’s Pwn2Own competition in Berlin revealed just how much of the AI stack remains exposed -- and the gap between what these tools promise and what they can withstand point to the fragile security foundations underneath.

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AI Cyber crime
The Hidden Risk in Your AI Rollout: Your Endpoints

Rethink endpoint security for the AI era. Endpoints now converge users, identities, data, and AI, increasing risk from shadow AI and advanced attacks. This demands stronger visibility, correlation, and resilience.

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APTs Targeted attacks
Old WinRAR Flaw Fuels Attacks on Ukraine: How Unmanaged Software Keeps the Door Open

Two separate Russia-aligned campaigns are still exploiting the WinRAR flaw CVE-2025-8088 against Ukrainian organizations nearly a year after it was patched, showing how unmanaged software keeps an exploited entry point open long after the fix ships.

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Exploits & Zero-Days
Pwn2Own Berlin 2026: On the Ground With TrendAI™ ZDI's Biggest AI Showdown Yet

47 zero-days fell at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 for US$1,298,250 in payouts. TrendAI™ was on the ground all three days — here's what we saw.

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Smart Contracts for C&C: How ClearFake Hid in Plain Sight on BSC Testnet

TrendAI™ Research analyzed an intrusion where threat actors used the EtherHiding technique to route ClearFake payload delivery through smart contracts on the BNB Smart Chain testnet. The attack chain ended with two simultaneously deployed stealers, SectopRAT and ACRStealer alongside an on-chain execution tracker that confirmed each victim compromise in real time.

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