Just released: TrendAI™ Research reveals AI risks moving at machine speed
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.
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.
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.
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.
We looked at BEC-related incidents over a span of nine months to see emerging and present trends from BEC incidents, examine the tools and techniques used by cybercriminals, and analyze the data to give us an overall picture of what BEC looks like today.
Microsoft, Linux, Google, and Apple started rolling out patches addressing design flaws in processor chips that security researchers named Meltdown and Spectre. What are they, and how can they affect users?
A year that saw major data breaches, including some notable ones from companies like Uber and Equifax, just saw another breach that will likely rank as among 2017’s most notable incidents.
Several threat actors are actively exploiting CVE-2017-11882 to deliver a plethora of threats, including the information-stealing Loki, Pony/FAREIT, and a lockscreen with a ransom note that resembles Bad Rabbit's.
Western European, UK, French, German, and US cities exposed. Are your connected devices searchable on the internet? Find out what you are risking.
In a highly publicized data breach incident, rideshare application Uber announced that the personal information of 57 million customers and drivers were potentially compromised in October 2016.
A new report reveals Coinhive's reach after it ranked the coin miner as the 6th most common malware in the world.
Intelligent Transportation Systems are slowly being adopted all over the world. Securing the future of transportation from cyberattacks should be a top priority.
The number of mobile phone users around the world is projected to exceed the five billion mark by 2019. Since cybercriminals usually cast wide nets to reach more potential victims, mobile users should protect their devices early on to defend against threats.
The Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) underground is characterized by its ironic mix of ideology and felony. We take a look at its inner workings, available wares, and the unique sense of brotherhood shared by its players.
October 15th, 2026
10 min