Ransomware has evolved from an encryption-driven attack into one monetization path within a modular criminal economy, where access to victim environments, not the ransomware payload, is now the core commodity.
TrendAI™ Research analyzed the activities of SHADOW-EARTH-79, an entity abusing the real-time ad-tech bidding process to track and profile individuals in conflict zones, sanctioned states, and other sensitive locations worldwide.
Digital assistants are becoming trusted, capable intermediaries, which inadvertently makes them a powerful new vector for social engineering. This article examines how attackers could exploit an assistant’s knowledge, influence, and ability to act on a user’s behalf.
TrendAI™ Research examines the unique dynamics and factors that influence the adoption of AI in state-aligned APT activity. The report looks into four countries (China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran) to understand why their state-aligned actors adopt AI in the ways that they do.
A year that saw major data breaches, including some notable ones from companies like Uber and Equifax, just saw another breach that will likely rank as among 2017’s most notable incidents.
Several threat actors are actively exploiting CVE-2017-11882 to deliver a plethora of threats, including the information-stealing Loki, Pony/FAREIT, and a lockscreen with a ransom note that resembles Bad Rabbit's.
Western European, UK, French, German, and US cities exposed. Are your connected devices searchable on the internet? Find out what you are risking.
In a highly publicized data breach incident, rideshare application Uber announced that the personal information of 57 million customers and drivers were potentially compromised in October 2016.
Intelligent Transportation Systems are slowly being adopted all over the world. Securing the future of transportation from cyberattacks should be a top priority.
The Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) underground is characterized by its ironic mix of ideology and felony. We take a look at its inner workings, available wares, and the unique sense of brotherhood shared by its players.
The leading social media platforms have billions of users, and the number keeps getting bigger every year. Learn how to keep your social media accounts secure.
There is no panacea for building a hacker-proof firewall, but there are things that can be done to streamline its management. These best practices provide a starting point for managing your firewall—so you and your company don’t get burned.
Legitimate tools used by IT/system administrators have become valuable cybercriminal targets because of the privilege they provide for greater network access. Here are some best practices for mitigating the abuse of sysadmin tools.
ATM malware has become a mainstay in many cybercriminals’ arsenal due to its capability to steal money. In our joint efforts with Europol’s EC3, we explain in detail how criminals continue to leverage different ATM malware families and attack types.
22 października 2026
10 min