Marco Balduzzi
5 articles
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ResearchStars Don’t Save You: Popularity Is Not Security in the MCP Ecosystem
Building on our previous research, we correlated the security issues identified in public MCP servers with metadata crawled from popular directories. We then analyzed whether indicators such as popularity, activity, and vetting serve as reliable metrics to infer the risk of adopting an MCP server.
June 24th, 2026Vincenzo Ciancaglini, Marco Balduzzi, Alfredo Oliveira , David Fiser
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ResearchForecasting Future Outbreaks: A Behavioral and Predictive Approach to Proactive Cyber Risk Management
TrendAI™ Research has found that user behaviors and machine usage patterns are key drivers of malware risk. This study’s analysis of over 10 million endpoints confirms that risk is highly context-dependent and offers insights into how organizations can pivot to improve their security posture.
March 5th, 2026 10 minMarco Balduzzi, Roel Reyes, Jessica Balaquit, Ryan Flores…
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ResearchEstimating Future Risk Outbreaks at Scale in Real-World Deployments
Trend™ Research introduces a novel system that leverages AI and behavioral analytics to proactively estimate the risk of future malware outbreaks based on users’ behavior to help organizations strategically strengthen their defenses.
December 16th, 2025 2 minMarco Balduzzi, Roel Reyes, Jessica Balaquit, Ryan Flores…
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ResearchThe Road to Agentic AI: Navigating Architecture, Threats, and Solutions
As agentic AI systems grow increasingly complex, it becomes clear that this class of applications relies on a multi-layered architecture. Trying to chart such architecture reveals several security risks that could plague each layer. This article investigates the possible scenarios and offers actionable insights to secure each layer and combat such threats.
July 28th, 2025Fernando Tucci, Vincenzo Ciancaglini, Marco Balduzzi, Salvatore Gariuolo…
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ResearchUnchaining Blockchain Security Part 3: Exploring the Threats Associated with Private Blockchain Adoption
Blockchain technology continues to be widely adopted by enterprises for its numerous benefits, and it has inevitably attracted the attention of malicious actors. The secure, decentralized nature of blockchain does present a challenge to cybercriminals, yet it is not immune to attacks.
October 25th, 2024 6 minMarco Balduzzi
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