TrendAI™ Named a Major Player in 2026 IDC MarketScape for MDR for Midmarket
The new threat hunting component of the TrendAI™ agentic exploit-remediation engine, code name AESIR, extends visibility beyond vulnerability disclosure. Its first published investigation links over a year of honeypot data to the LF3 loader framework.
The TrendAI™ agentic exploit-remediation engine, code name AESIR, ranks first on CyberGym at 97% — more than 12 points ahead of both GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Mythos 5. AI system architecture beats raw model capability.
A reported cyberattack on a UK power-generation facility in July 2026 shows that even disruptions at a single site can raise broader questions about critical infrastructure resilience.
Trend Micro's Threat Hunting Team has observed EDRSilencer, a red team tool that threat actors are attempting to abuse for its ability to block EDR traffic and conceal malicious activity.
We recently discovered a new threat actor group that we dubbed Void Arachne. This group targets Chinese-speaking users with malicious Windows Installer (MSI) files in a recent campaign. These MSI files contain legitimate software installer files for AI software and other popular software but are bundled with malicious Winos payloads.
A finance worker in Hong Kong was tricked by a deepfake video conference. The future of defending against deepfakes is as much as human challenge as a technological one.
An overview of the Lemon Group’s use of preinfected mobile devices, and how this scheme is potentially being developed and expanded to other internet of things (IoT) devices. This research was presented in full at the Black Hat Asia 2023 Conference in Singapore in May 2023.
A new piece of ransomware written in the Go language has been targeting healthcare and education enterprises in Asia and Africa. This ransomware is called Agenda and is customized per victim.
We investigate mhyprot2.sys, a vulnerable anti-cheat driver for the popular role-playing game Genshin Impact. The driver is currently being abused by a ransomware actor to kill antivirus processes and services for mass-deploying ransomware.
Citizen Lab has released a report on a new iPhone threat dubbed ForcedEntry. This zero-click exploit seems to be able to circumvent Apple's BlastDoor security, and allow attackers access to a device without user interaction.
We have continued tracking APT-C-36, also known as Blind Eagle, since our research on this threat actor in 2019. We share new findings of APT-C-36’s ongoing spam campaign targeting South American entities.
What tactics do Instagram account hackers use? What do these cybercriminals do with stolen accounts? How can users protect their accounts? We look into Instagram account hacking incidents from a security researcher’s perspective and share recommendations for users of Instagram and other social media platforms.
We discovered vulnerabilities in the SHAREit application. These vulnerabilities can be abused to leak a user’s sensitive data, execute arbitrary code, and possibly lead to remote code execution. The app has over 1 billion downloads.
August 26th, 2026 
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