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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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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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Ransomware Report: Avaddon and New Techniques Emerge, Industrial Sector Targeted

In this report, we discussed new ransomware family Avaddon, updates on techniques of other ransomware, and our latest figures.

July 8th, 2020 7 min read TrendAI™ Research
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IoT & smart devicesBotnets
Caught in the Crossfire: Defending Devices From Battling Botnets

As cybercriminals compete for dominance in their bid to create powerful botnets, users can make their own stand against warring sides by understanding how botnet malware works and securing their devices.

July 7th, 2020 4 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Cyber threats
Cyberattacks from the Frontlines: Incident Response Playbook for Beginners

In the event of a cyberattack a strong incident response plan can get a business running again with minimal damages. Understand the response process in this playbook.

June 24th, 2020 10 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Exploits & Zero-Days
Millions of IoT Devices Affected by Ripple20 Vulnerabilities

The internet of things (IoT) landscape will be critically affected by the recently discovered Ripple20 vulnerabilities. This group of 19 bugs could potentially hit millions of IoT devices across many different industries.

June 22nd, 2020 1 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Cyber crimeMalware
Tracking, Detecting, and Thwarting PowerShell-based Malware and Attacks

PowerShell's ubiquity has made it one of the most common tools cybercriminals abuse to perpetrate attacks and deliver fileless malware to systems. Here's how to track and defend against them.

June 5th, 2020 9 min read Anson Joel Pereira
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Cyber crime
Lemon Duck Cryptominer Spreads through Covid-19 Themed Emails

We have come across a PowerShell script (mailer script) that distributes the Lemon Duck cryptominer through a new propagation method: Covid-19-themed emails with weaponized attachments.

June 3rd, 2020 4 min read TrendAI™ Research
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IoT & smart devicesExploits & Zero-Days
Smart Yet Flawed: IoT Device Vulnerabilities Explained

Are your smart devices vulnerable? Here are common vulnerabilities found in IoT devices and how to secure against them.

May 28th, 2020 5 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Coinminers Exploit SaltStack Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-11651 and CVE-2020-11652

We analyzed the critical vulnerabilities affecting Salt, their patches, and some threats exploiting them.

May 27th, 2020 5 min read Govind Sarda, Suraj Sahu
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Cloud security
Securing the 4 Cs of Cloud-Native Systems: Cloud, Cluster, Container, and Code

Cloud-native security adopts the defense-in-depth approach and divides the security strategies utilized in cloud-native systems into four different layers: cloud, container, cluster, code.

May 27th, 2020 12 min read Magno Logan
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Cybercriminal underground
Trading in the Dark

An Investigation into the Current Condition of Underground Markets and Cybercriminal Forums

May 26th, 2020 6 min read Mayra Rosario Fuentes
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