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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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Qakbot Resurges, Spreads through VBS Files

We have seen events that point to the resurgence of Qakbot, a multi-component, information-stealing threat first discovered in 2007.

May 25th, 2020 6 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Phishing & BEC
Phishing Site Uses Netflix as Lure, Employs Geolocation

A phishing site was found using a spoofed Netflix page to harvest account information, credit card credentials, and other PII.

May 19th, 2020 2 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Cloud security
Cloud Security: Key Concepts, Threats, and Solutions

When it comes to cloud computing security, or simply, cloud security, what are the builders’ responsibilities? How can developers and administrators ensure cloud security? This primer discusses the key concepts of cloud security and which areas need to be protected using flexible and comprehensive security solutions. 

May 14th, 2020 11 min read TrendAI™ Research
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OT & critical infrastructureIoT & smart devices
Threats and Consequences: A Security Analysis of Smart Manufacturing Systems

Through a thorough analysis of an actual smart manufacturing environment, our in-depth security research explores several attack vectors that could be used by threat actors to launch unconventional attacks on smart manufacturing systems.

May 11th, 2020 8 min read TrendAI™ Research
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CryptocurrencyCloud securityMalware
Coinminer, DDoS Bot Attack Docker Daemon Ports

A malicious cryptocurrency miner and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) bot that targets open Docker daemon ports.

May 6th, 2020 2 min read Augusto Remillano II, Jemimah Molina
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Cyber crime
Security 101: How Fileless Attacks Work and Persist in Systems

Many attackers are switching from file-based malware to memory-based attacks to improve their stealth. “Fileless,” “zero-footprint,” or “living off the land” threats use legitimate applications to carry out malicious activities.

April 30th, 2020 4 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Loki Info Stealer Propagates through LZH Files

We recently acquired a spam sample that propagates the Loki infostealer through LZH compressed archive files.

April 28th, 2020 2 min read Miguel Ang
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Cyber crime
Group Behind TrickBot Spreads Fileless BazarBackdoor

A campaign propagates a new malware named ‘BazarBackdoor’, a fileless backdoor reportedly created by the same threat actors behind TrickBot.

April 27th, 2020 3 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Cloud securityDevops
Guidance on Kubernetes Threat Modeling

We provide recommendations for cloud admins on how to formulate a security strategy when using Kubernetes for container orchestration.

April 27th, 2020 7 min read Brandon Niemczyk
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Cloud securityExploits & Zero-Days
Exploring Common Threats to Cloud Security

As the adoption of cloud services grows, organizations need to be informed about how to secure their environment. Our research examines the common threats encountered in the cloud and provides insight on how organizations can better deal with them.

April 8th, 2020 7 min read Morton Swimmer, Fyodor Yarochkin, Joey Costoya, Roel Reyes
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