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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 września 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 września 2026 6 min
Fyodor Yarochkin, Vladimir Kropotov, Robert McArdle
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An industrial worker inspecting a warehouse
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 września 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 sierpnia 2026 5 min
TrendAI™ Research
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Devops
The Basics of Keeping Kubernetes Clusters Secure

With Kubernetes’ popularity and high adoption rates, its security should always be prioritized. We provide vital tips and recommendations on keeping the master node, the API server, etcd, RBAC, and network policies secure.

October 14th, 2020 11 min read Magno Logan
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Cybercriminal underground
Inside the Bulletproof Hosting Business: Cybercriminal Methods and OpSec

Bulletproof hosting (BPH) services have long been crucial parts of the cybercriminal infrastructure. How do they protect malicious activities, and how do cybercriminals use them to stay in business?

October 6th, 2020 5 min read
Vladimir Kropotov, Robert McArdle, Fyodor Yarochkin
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Cybercriminal underground
Commodified Cybercrime Infrastructure: Exploring the Underground Services Market for Cybercriminals

The provision of services, as well as the way criminals operate in the underground, have gone through many changes over the years to cater to the market’s different infrastructure demands.

September 1st, 2020 8 min read
Vladimir Kropotov, Fyodor Yarochkin, Robert McArdle
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Cyber crimePhishing & BECSocial engineering
New Bait Used in Instagram Profile Hacking Scheme

Hackers spread messages supposedly sent from Instagram Help Center claiming that the user's account is at risk of being deleted.

August 28th, 2020 Jindrich Karasek
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Malicious Docker Hub Container Images Used for Cryptocurrency Mining

In our monitoring of Docker-related threats, we came across a threat actor who uploaded malicious images to Docker Hub for cryptocurrency mining.

August 19th, 2020 3 min read Augusto Remillano II
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Cloud security
Shedding Light on Security Considerations in Serverless Cloud Architectures

Serverless computing is not immune to risks and threats. Our security research provides a comprehensive analysis of the possible attack scenarios that could compromise serverless services and deployments.

August 11th, 2020 7 min read TrendAI™ Research
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OT & critical infrastructure
Lost in Translation: When Industrial Protocol Translation goes Wrong

This research paper looks at protocol gateways, which translate various protocols used by different industrial devices and machinery, and provides insight into the security issues and vulnerabilities found in these devices as well as ways to secure them.

August 5th, 2020 4 min read TrendAI™ Research
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IoT & smart devices
Unveiling the Hidden Risks of Industrial Automation Programming

The legacy programming environments of widely used industrial machines could harbor virtually undetectable vulnerabilities and malware. Our security analysis of these environments reveals critical flaws and their repercussions for smart factories.

August 4th, 2020 6 min read TrendAI™ Research, Politecnico di Milano
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Cybercriminal underground
Hacker Infrastructure and Underground Hosting 101:Where Are Cybercriminal Platforms Offered?

Underground platforms are part of a mature ecosystem for trading cybercrime goods and services. How does a capable hosting infrastructure allow illicit activities to thrive?

July 21st, 2020 5 min read
Vladimir Kropotov, Robert McArdle, Fyodor Yarochkin
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Cloud security
Infrastructure as Code: Security Risks and How to Avoid Them

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a key DevOps practice that bolsters agile software development. In this report, we identify security risk areas in IaC implementations and the best practices in securing them in hybrid cloud environments.

July 14th, 2020 8 min read David Fiser
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