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Critical Infrastructure Under Threat: How Frontier AI Changes the Risk Equation
AIOT & critical infrastructure

Critical Infrastructure Under Threat: How Frontier AI Changes the Risk Equation

The critical systems we can’t afford to lose are the same ones attackers are racing to target. With a new generation of AI-augmented cyber threats, what used to be weeks of warning can collapse into mere hours. What is the current state of the threat landscape for essential industries, and what can organizations do to fortify their defenses? Uncover this and more in our report.

16 settembre 2026TrendAI™ Research
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Rethinking the External Attack Surface: Managing the Growing Risk of Open Cyber-Physical Data
IoT & smart devicesASM ASRM
Rethinking the External Attack Surface: Managing the Growing Risk of Open Cyber-Physical Data

China-aligned operational relay box (ORB) infrastructure is harvesting open sensor data at scale, and most defenders can't see it. Our report dives into how these ORBs can use open telemetry for data collection and other purposes.

10 settembre 2026 6 min
Fyodor Yarochkin, Vladimir Kropotov, Robert McArdle
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HacktivismRansomware & extortion
Mapping the Criminal Economy Targeting Critical Infrastructure

TrendAI™ Research went inside the forums, marketplaces, and Telegram channels where access to factories, utilities, and energy firms is bought, sold, and weaponized. Combing through two years’ worth of data revealed an underground where financially motivated brokers and ransomware crews now operate alongside state-aligned hacktivists, sharing the same entry vectors, the same pirated training, and in some cases, the same personnel.

2 settembre 2026 7 min
Mayra Rosario Fuentes, Stephen Hilt, Numaan Huq
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Security 101: Virtual Patching
Exploits & Zero-Days
Security 101: Virtual Patching

What happens to an unpatched or vulnerable application or organization’s IT infrastructure? Here's how virtual patching helps enterprises address vulnerability and patch management woes.

25 agosto 2026 5 min
TrendAI™ Research
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Ransomware & extortion
CryptXXX, 7ev3n Ransomware Get Major Updates

Newly-discovered ransomware strains, CryptXXX and 7ev3n, get major updates from malware authors.

May 11th, 2016 5 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Dark Motives Online: An Analysis of Overlapping Technologies Used by Cybercriminals and Terrorist Organizations

Research on the common technologies used by cybercriminals and terrorists to benefit their cause, from the services they abuse to the tools they’ve homebrewed to streamline activities.

May 3rd, 2016 11 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Ransomware & extortion
Reveton Ransomware Descendant, CryptXXX Discovered

A new ransomware strain, CryptXXX, was recently discovered making its rounds since the tail-end of March.

April 20th, 2016 4 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Locky Ransomware Strain Led Kentucky Hospital to an “Internal State of Emergency”

Kentucky-based Methodist Hospital announced a ransomware attack that led to an “internal state of emergency.”

March 24th, 2016 4 min read TrendAI™ Research
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The Angler Connection: Massive Malvertising Campaign Linked to Angler Exploit Kit and BEDEP

Top news sites, entertainment portals, and political commentary sites were affected by a massive malvertising campaign related to the Angler Exploit Kit.

March 16th, 2016 3 min read TrendAI™ Research
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IoT & smart devices
Internet of Things: Connected Life Security

The world is now more connected than ever. Gartner predicts 25 billion connected devices will be in use by 2020. How is this increased convenience affecting our privacy and security across the globe?

February 19th, 2016 3 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Ransomware & extortion
New Crypto-Ransomware Locky Uses Malicious Word Macros

A new crypto-ransomware type called Locky has been discovered riding on document-based macros and using infection techniques borrowed from the notorious banking malware DRIDEX.

February 19th, 2016 3 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Cyber crime
Frequently Asked Questions: BlackEnergy

What we know about BlackEnergy, a Trojan known to have been used in attacks on Ukraine power providers that caused a massive outage in late 2015.

February 11th, 2016 2 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Cyber crimeTargeted attacks
Operation Pawn Storm: Fast Facts and the Latest Developments

Operation Pawn Storm is an active economic and political cyber-espionage operation that has targeted high-profile entities from government institutions to media personalities. Here are its latest developments.

January 16th, 2016 3 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Cybercriminal underground
Ascending the Ranks: The Brazilian Cybercriminal Underground in 2015

Trend Micro's latest visit to the Brazilian cybercriminal underground reveals its latest trends and available services, from online banking malware to tutorial classes for new cybercriminals.

January 12th, 2016 3 min read TrendAI™ Research
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