Feike Hacquebord
10 articles
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ResearchFrom 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 minAsako Koizumi, Feike Hacquebord
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BlogEarth Sirrush: A Russia-Aligned Intrusion Set With 4 Years of Evolving Espionage Tooling
Earth Sirrush has repeatedly changed its tools and delivery methods, but TrendAI™ Research reveals how shared code, reused artifacts, and infrastructure patterns continue to expose the links between its campaigns.
October 5th, 2026 5 minHiroyuki Kakara, Feike Hacquebord
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BlogPawn Storm Campaign Deploys PRISMEX, Targets Government and Critical Infrastructure Entities
This blog discusses the steganography, cloud abuse, and email-based backdoors used against the Ukrainian defense supply chain in the latest Pawn Storm campaign that TrendAI™ Research observed and analyzed.
March 26th, 2026 20 minFeike Hacquebord, Hiroyuki Kakara
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BlogSHADOW-VOID-042 Targets Multiple Industries with Void Rabisu-like Tactics
In November, a targeted spear-phishing campaign was observed using Trend Micro-themed lures against various industries, but this was quickly detected and thwarted by the Trend Vision One™ platform.
December 11th, 2025 10 minDaniel Lunghi, Ian Kenefick, Feike Hacquebord
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ResearchThe Rise of Residential Proxies as a Cybercrime Enabler
This research discusses how residential proxies help cybercriminals bypass antifraud and IT security systems, and how vulnerabilities in the IoT supply chain are exploited where Android-based devices are shipped pre-infected.
May 27th, 2025Feike Hacquebord, Philippe Lin, Fyodor Yarochkin, Vladimir Kropotov
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ResearchCyber Considerations for Organizations During Times of Conflict
This article provides a comprehensive overview of the necessary adjustments and strategies CISOs need to implement to safeguard their organizations’ assets, maintain business continuity, and uphold public trust amid conflict situations.
August 14th, 2024 20 minFeike Hacquebord, Stephen Hilt, Vladimir Kropotov, Fyodor Yarochkin
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ResearchThe Future of Ransomware
Our research looks at the potential evolutions and revolutions in the current ransomware landscape based on significant triggers and catalysts. We highlight the specific developments (triggers) that could cause gradual changes (evolutions) before sparking more drastic transformations (revolutions).
December 15th, 2022 9 minFeike Hacquebord, Stephen Hilt, David Sancho
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ResearchThe Far-Reaching Attacks of the Void Balaur Cybermercenary Group
Our research paper takes a close look at the cybermercenary group Void Balaur's services, activities, and targets.
November 10th, 2021 5 minFeike Hacquebord
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ResearchProbing Pawn Storm: Cyberespionage Campaign Through Scanning, Credential Phishing and More
The notorious threat group Pawn Storm has been known to target high-profile entities, from governments to media for years. This research paper looks into the ways the group compromised email addresses and servers to facilitate credential phishing attacks.
March 19th, 2020 3 minFeike Hacquebord
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ResearchDrilling Deep: A Look at Cyberattacks on the Oil and Gas Industry
We break down the digital attacks against the oil and gas industry and its supply chain.
December 12th, 2019 5 minFeike Hacquebord, Cedric Pernet
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