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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.

2026年9月16日TrendAI™ 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.

2026年9月10日 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.

2026年9月2日 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.

2026年8月25日 5 min
TrendAI™ Research
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Ransomware & extortion
Ransomware Spotlight: Trigona

After the shutdown of its leak site in October, we look at how ransomware group Trigona operated during its period of activity and discuss how enterprises can fortify their defenses against similar threats.

November 28th, 2023 6 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Cloud security
Steering Clear of Security Blind Spots: What SOCs Need to Know

As technologies continue to evolve and expand, organizations experience a technological paradox: Their increasing interconnectivity means that they simultaneously become more distributed. Case in point, robust cloud and networking technologies support today’s widespread adoption of hybrid and remote work arrangements, allowing employees all over the globe to work remotely full time or at least part of the time.

November 23rd, 2023 13 min read TrendAI™ Research
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Cloud security
Understanding the Kubernetes Security Triad: Image Scanning, Admission Controllers, and Runtime Security

Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is a very complex open-source platform that requires detailed attention to security. Despite previous efforts to increase its security, Kubernetes remains insecure by default and requires different security tools to protect the cluster.

November 21st, 2023 12 min read Magno Logan
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IoT & smart devices
Preempting Threats to Connected Cars: The Importance of Cybersecurity in a Data-Driven Automotive Ecosystem

We examine the automotive data ecosystem and take a closer look at privacy and security concerns arising from how data is generated, consumed, and transmitted by connected vehicles.

November 15th, 2023 6 min read Numaan Huq, Vladimir Kropotov, Philippe Lin, Rainer Vosseler
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Cyber crime
Your Stolen Data for Sale

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the risk of personal and professional data being stolen by nefarious actors looms larger than ever. This report lays bare the stark reality of this threat, with a specific focus on the unequal risks associated with data theft and its subsequent misuse.

November 13th, 2023 19 min read David Sancho, Vincenzo Ciancaglini
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Cloud securitySoftware supply chain
A Deep Dive Into Kubernetes Threat Modeling

This report explores the aspects and considerations required to properly perform threat modeling within a Kubernetes environment, a piece of technology that many organizations worldwide rely on and a leading container orchestration platform.

October 31st, 2023 12 min read Magno Logan
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Malware
How BPF-Enabled Malware Works: Bracing for Emerging Threats

We discuss proof-of-concept rootkits and malware used by cybercriminals in conjunction with Berkeley Packet Filtering (BPF), a piece of technology that allows programs to execute code in the operating systems of popular cloud-computing platforms. We also show how to detect such threats.

October 19th, 2023 15 min read Fernando Mercês, With contributions from Joey Costoya
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Cloud security
Mining Through Mountains of Information and Risk: Containers and Exposed Container Registries

In this entry, we continue delving into an investigation of exposed registries and look at the types of files and information that malicious actors can access and compromise from these.

October 9th, 2023 21 min read Alfredo Oliveira , David Fiser
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MQTT and M2M: Do You Know Who Owns Your Machine’s Data?

In our research, we demonstrate how easy it is to discover insecure deployments of MQTT, how to identify customers of these insecure deployments, what data is being transmitted, and explore how an attacker can potentially misuse the data or abuse the insecurity of MQTT brokers.

October 8th, 2023 Ryan Flores, Charles Perine
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Ransomware & extortionExploits & Zero-Days
Ransomware Spotlight: Akira

This report spotlights Akira, a novel ransomware family with highly experienced and skilled operators at its helm.

October 5th, 2023 8 min read TrendAI™ Research
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