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The Browser Is Now an AI Runtime: Security Risks in Chrome's On-Device Models
Cyber risk AI
The Browser Is Now an AI Runtime: Security Risks in Chrome's On-Device Models

Chrome installs a 4.27 GB AI model on qualifying desktops without asking. Once it's there, any HTTPS website the user visits can run it with no consent prompt, no usage indicator, and no rate limit.

November 5th, 2026 6 min
Kirill Gelfand, Vladimir Kropotov, Fyodor Yarochkin, David Tulis
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Not Only ARTEX: The Different Levels AI is Used in Attacks Targeting Japan

In autumn 2026, companies and other organizations in Japan reported a succession of data leaks from their web systems. The Japanese government’s National Cybersecurity Office issued an alert to businesses on October 9, and the chair of the ruling party’s cybersecurity headquarters described cyberspace as being in a “state of emergency.”

October 27th, 2026 20 min
Bakuei Matsukawa, Joseph C Chen
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A Look Back at Security Incidents in Japan from January to September 2026

The number of security incidents publicly disclosed in Japan surged from September 2026. This article reviews incidents disclosed from January through September and explains what the data reveals.

October 26th, 2026 12 min
Junsuke Sawarame (Security GO Editorial Team), Reviewed by Katsuyuki Okamoto and Takeshi Sato (Security Evangelists)
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AI governance AI
Governing AI Agent Risk: Practical Controls with NVIDIA OpenShell and TrendAI Vision One™

AI agents are not just chatbots. They operate autonomously without waiting for step-by-step human instructions, invoke the tools they are connected to, and sometimes coordinate with other agents to complete a task.

November 6th, 2026 15 min read Naonari Tanimoto (Solutions Architect Specialist, Trend AI), Writing Support: Omi Tokunaga (Solutions Architect, NVIDIA G.K.)
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Cyber risk AI
The Browser Is Now an AI Runtime: Security Risks in Chrome's On-Device Models

Chrome installs a 4.27 GB AI model on qualifying desktops without asking. Once it's there, any HTTPS website the user visits can run it with no consent prompt, no usage indicator, and no rate limit.

November 5th, 2026 6 min read Kirill Gelfand, Vladimir Kropotov, Fyodor Yarochkin, David Tulis
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Not Only ARTEX: The Different Levels AI is Used in Attacks Targeting Japan

In autumn 2026, companies and other organizations in Japan reported a succession of data leaks from their web systems. The Japanese government’s National Cybersecurity Office issued an alert to businesses on October 9, and the chair of the ruling party’s cybersecurity headquarters described cyberspace as being in a “state of emergency.”

October 27th, 2026 20 min read Bakuei Matsukawa, Joseph C Chen
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A Look Back at Security Incidents in Japan from January to September 2026

The number of security incidents publicly disclosed in Japan surged from September 2026. This article reviews incidents disclosed from January through September and explains what the data reveals.

October 26th, 2026 12 min read Junsuke Sawarame (Security GO Editorial Team), Reviewed by Katsuyuki Okamoto and Takeshi Sato (Security Evangelists)
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Key Web Server Security Considerations: Hardening Internet-Facing Servers Against Web Shell Compromise

TrendAI™ incident response teams have recently investigated multiple attacks on public-facing web servers and databases. This article explains the hardening measures organizations should implement now to protect their web servers.

October 26th, 2026 12 min read Yuya Sato, Edited by Junsuke Sawarame (Security GO Editorial Team)
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Ransomware & extortion
Ransomware’s Next Chapter: How the Criminal Ecosystem Is Changing

Ransomware has evolved from an encryption-driven attack into one monetization path within a modular criminal economy, where access to victim environments, not the ransomware payload, is now the core commodity.

October 22nd, 2026 Asako Koizumi, Christopher Boyton, David Sancho, Joshua Paul Ignacio…
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APTs
Invasive Ads: The Unconventional Cyber Surveillance Attack Surface

TrendAI™ Research analyzed the activities of SHADOW-EARTH-79, an entity abusing the real-time ad-tech bidding process to track and profile individuals in conflict zones, sanctioned states, and other sensitive locations worldwide.

October 15th, 2026 TrendAI™ Research
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AI Cyber crime
How Digital Assistants Change Social Engineering

Digital assistants are becoming trusted, capable intermediaries, which inadvertently makes them a powerful new vector for social engineering. This article examines how attackers could exploit an assistant’s knowledge, influence, and ability to act on a user’s behalf.

October 14th, 2026 Salvatore Gariuolo
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AI Cyber crime
From State AI Ecosystems to Global APT Cyberthreats

TrendAI™ Research examines the unique dynamics and factors that influence the adoption of AI in state-aligned APT activity. The report looks into four countries (China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran) to understand why their state-aligned actors adopt AI in the ways that they do.

October 6th, 2026 10 min read Asako Koizumi, Feike Hacquebord
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AI
Scarecrow: Making the Attacker’s AI Say No

We developed Scarecrow, a tool that hides refusal instructions in documents so AI agents ingesting them are prompted to stop processing. Our findings show that this same technique can help defenders disrupt AI-driven access to sensitive documents.

October 5th, 2026 TrendAI™ Research, Aya Debbagh, Trent Holmes
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