The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has reportedly appeared on the Qilin ransomware group’s leak site. Explore how Qilin operates and what organizations can learn from its past tactics.
TrendAI™ Research tracked three campaigns that ship completely different decoy applications and unrelated payloads, all riding one shared toolkit. This analysis covers the full chain, from the pixel data that hides the first stage, through a flexible shared loader to deliver multiple payloads, revealing how adversaries are standardizing their delivery mechanisms.
The new threat hunting component of the TrendAI™ agentic exploit-remediation engine, code name AESIR, extends visibility beyond vulnerability disclosure. Its first published investigation links over a year of honeypot data to the LF3 loader framework.
The TrendAI™ agentic exploit-remediation engine, code name AESIR, ranks first on CyberGym at 97% — more than 12 points ahead of both GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Mythos 5. AI system architecture beats raw model capability.
Trend™ Research has uncovered an attack campaign exploiting the Cisco SNMP vulnerability CVE-2025-20352, allowing remote code execution and rootkit deployment on unprotected devices, with impacts observed on Cisco 9400, 9300, and legacy 3750G series.
The Trend Zero Day Initiative™ (ZDI) and Trend™ Research teams have identified a large-scale RondoDox botnet campaign exploiting over 50 vulnerabilities across more than 30 vendors, including flaws first seen in Pwn2Own contests.
TrendAI™ Research has identified an active campaign spreading via WhatsApp through a ZIP file attachment. When executed, the malware establishes persistence and hijacks the compromised WhatsApp account to send copies of itself to the victim’s contacts.
TrendAI™ Research analyzed source binaries from the latest activity from notorious LockBit ransomware with their 5.0 version that exhibits advanced obfuscation, anti-analysis techniques, and seamless cross-platform capabilities for Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems.
TrendAI™ Research outlines the critical details behind the ongoing NPM supply chain attack and offers essential steps to stay protected against potential compromise.
Combining AI-generated code and social engineering, EvilAI operators are executing a rapidly expanding campaign, disguising their malware as legitimate applications to bypass security, steal credentials, and persistently compromise organizations worldwide.
An analysis of the Gentlemen ransomware group, which employs advanced, adaptive tactics, techniques, and procedure to target critical industries worldwide.
Trend™ Research analyzed a campaign distributing Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS), a malware family targeting macOS users. Attackers disguise the malware as “cracked” versions of legitimate apps, luring users into installation.
Warlock ransomware exploits unpatched Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities to gain access, escalate privileges, steal credentials, move laterally, and deploy ransomware with data exfiltration across enterprise environments.
Crypto24 is a ransomware group that stealthily blends legitimate tools with custom malware, using advanced evasion techniques to bypass security and EDR technologies.
August 28th, 2026 
30 min