https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research.html Void Dokkaebi, a North Korea-aligned intrusion set, has updated its information-stealing malware, InvisibleFerret, shifting its delivery format to evade script-based detections. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/e/analyzing-void-dokkaebi-invisibleferret-malware.html Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Kazuki Fujisawa Kazuki Fujisawa Malware Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats In this blog entry, researchers from the TrendAI™ MDR team discuss how they mapped the full end-to-end operation of SHADOW-WATER-063’s Banana RAT banking malware by analyzing server-side artifacts and victim-side data. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/e/banana-rat.html Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Aldrin Ceriola Gabriel Nicoleta Jovit Samaniego Mohamed Fahmy Aldrin Ceriola Gabriel Nicoleta Jovit Samaniego Mohamed Fahmy Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats AI agents now act inside the trust boundary with real credentials, and agentic governance is what keeps them from quietly breaking things at machine speed. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/e/agentic-governance-why-it-matters-now.html Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Fernando Tucci Fernando Tucci Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Our research examines the April 22 Checkmarx KICS and April 24 elementary-data incidents as part of a broader TeamPCP supply chain campaign. Across both cases, the actor abused trusted CI/CD and release workflows to steal credentials at scale. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/e/analyzing-teampcp-supply-chain-attacks.html Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Jacob Santos John Rainier Navato Jacob Santos John Rainier Navato Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats TrendAI™ Research has identified two emerging threat campaigns—SHADOW-AETHER-040 and SHADOW-AETHER-064—that use agentic AI to drive intrusion operations against government and financial organizations in Latin America, marking these among the first cases we have observed of AI agents executing attacks from initial access to data exfiltration. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/e/vibe-hacking-two-ai-augmented-campaigns-target-government-and-financial-sectors-in-latin-america.html Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Joseph C Chen Joseph C Chen Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats The Instructure Canvas breach affects universities, K–12 school districts, and teaching hospitals globally. This blog entry intends to provide context and practical guidance. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/e/What-Is-the-Instructure-Canvas-Breach.html Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Johnny Hand Johnny Hand Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports A deeper look at the first three pillars and outlining how our capabilities directly support government agencies working to bring this strategy to life. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/e/national-cyber-strategy.html Wed, 6 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Jon Clay Jon Clay Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Expert Perspective Trend Micro Research : Data center Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Network Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Targeting multiple industries worldwide, the InstallFix campaign uses fake Claude AI installer pages to trick users into running malware that collects system information, disables security features, achieves persistence, and connects to attacker-controlled C&C servers for additional payloads. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/e/installfix-and-claude-code.html Tue, 5 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Allixon Kristoffer Francisco Gabriel Nicoleta Jonna Santos Mohamed Fahmy Allixon Kristoffer Francisco Gabriel Nicoleta Jonna Santos Mohamed Fahmy Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Research TrendAI™ Research breaks down Quasar Linux (QLNX), a previously undocumented sophisticated Linux RAT with low detection rates. In this blog, we examine a full-featured Linux threat incorporating a rootkit, a PAM backdoor, credential harvesting, and more, revealing how this malware enables stealthy access, persistence, and potential supply-chain attacks. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/e/quasar-linux-qlnx-a-silent-foothold-in-the-software-supply-chain.html Mon, 4 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Aliakbar Zahravi Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim Aliakbar Zahravi Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Data center A China-aligned threat group is exploiting unpatched Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities to conduct cyberespionage against government and critical infrastructure targets across Asia and beyond. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/d/inside-shadow-earth-053.html Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Daniel Lunghi Lucas Silva Daniel Lunghi Lucas Silva APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Bad actors took advantage of the legitimate name and services of Kuse, a popular AI-based app designed for workplaces. The attackers exploited the users’ trust in Kuse to carry out a phishing attack. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/d/kuse-web-app-abused-to-host-phishing-document.html Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Jed Valderama Kenneth Polagñe Jed Valderama Kenneth Polagñe Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Web Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Our research on Void Dokkaebi’s operations uncovered a campaign that turns infected developer repositories into malware delivery channels. By spreading through trusted workflows, organizational codebases, and open-source projects, the threat can scale from a single compromise to a broader supply chain risk. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/d/void-dokkaebi-uses-fake-job-interview-lure-to-spread-malware-via-code-repositories.html Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Lucas Silva Lucas Silva Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Research An OAuth supply chain compromise at Vercel exposed how trusted third party apps and platform environment variables can bypass traditional defenses and amplify blast radius. This article examines the attack chain, underlying design tradeoffs, and what it reveals about modern PaaS and software supply chain risk. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/d/vercel-breach-oauth-supply-chain.html Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Peter Girnus Peter Girnus Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Research Enterprises aiming to predict and mitigate human, machine, and AI‑agent risks at scale demand AI‑powered identity‑first security without compromise. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/d/ai-era-identity-production.html Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Sara Atie Sophie Chiang Sara Atie Sophie Chiang Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Web Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Network Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports The first quarter of 2026 has reinforced a hard truth: U.S. government agencies and educational institutions are operating in the most hostile cyber threat environment ever recorded. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/d/us-public-sector-under-siege.html Thu, 9 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Jon Clay Jon Clay APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Expert Perspective Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Endpoints Trend Micro Research : Ransomware Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Network Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Threat actors leveraged Anthropic’s Claude Code npm release packaging error to distribute Vidar, GhostSocks, and PureLog Stealer. This blog details immediate steps organizations can take and best practices to prevent further risk. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/d/claude-code-remains-a-lure-what-defenders-should-do.html Tue, 7 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Jacob Santos Sophia Nilette Robles Jacob Santos Sophia Nilette Robles Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports A packaging error in Anthropic’s Claude Code npm release briefly exposed internal source code. This entry examines how threat actors rapidly weaponized the resulting attention, pivoting an existing AI-themed campaign to spread Vidar and GhostSocks. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/d/weaponizing-trust-claude-code-lures-and-github-release-payloads.html Fri, 3 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Jacob Santos Sophia Nilette Robles Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra Jacob Santos Sophia Nilette Robles Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports TrendAI reviews the White House National Cyber Strategy, outlining six pillars to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity—from deterrence and regulation to federal modernization, critical infrastructure protection, AI leadership, and workforce development. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/trendai-insight-new-us-national-cyber-strategy.html Wed, 1 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Jon Clay Jon Clay Privacy & Risks Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Network Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports This blog looks at how AI‑driven vibecoding speeds up software development while increasing security risk by outpacing traditional review and ownership. It explains why security needs to move earlier and be built into modern development workflows. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/the-real-risk-of-vibecoding.html Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bestin Koruthu Nicolas Boutmy Bestin Koruthu Nicolas Boutmy Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Expert Perspective Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Data center Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports A supply chain attack hit Axios when attackers used stolen npm credentials to publish malicious versions containing a phantom dependency. This triggered a cross-platform RAT during installation and replaced its files with clean decoys, making detection challenging. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/axios-npm-package-compromised.html Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Peter Girnus Jacob Santos Peter Girnus Jacob Santos Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats TrendAI™ Research explored agentic AI cybercrime and EV infrastructure security through two research sessions at RSAC 2026. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/trendai-research-at-rsac-2026.html Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 TrendAI™ Research TrendAI™ Research Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Moving beyond their LiteLLM campaign, TeamPCP weaponizes the Telnyx Python SDK with stealthy WAV‑based payloads to steal credentials across Linux, macOS, and Windows. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/teampcp-telnyx-attack-marks-a-shift-in-tactics.html Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 John Rainier Navato John Rainier Navato Malware Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats TeamPCP orchestrated one of the most sophisticated multi-ecosystem supply chain campaigns publicly documented to date. It cascaded through developer tooling and compromised LiteLLM and exposed how AI proxy services that concentrate API keys and cloud credentials become high-value collateral when supply chain attacks compromise upstream dependencies. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/inside-litellm-supply-chain-compromise.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Peter Girnus Fernando Tucci Deep Patel Simon Dulude Ashish Verma John Rainier Navato Peter Girnus Fernando Tucci Deep Patel Simon Dulude Ashish Verma John Rainier Navato Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Threats Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports This blog discusses the steganography, cloud abuse, and email-based backdoors used against the Ukrainian defense supply chain in the latest Pawn Storm campaign that TrendAI™ Research observed and analyzed. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/pawn-storm-targets-govt-infra.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Feike Hacquebord Hiroyuki Kakara Feike Hacquebord Hiroyuki Kakara APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Litellm PyPI breach explained: malicious versions steal cloud credentials, SSH keys, and Kubernetes secrets. Learn impact and urgent mitigation steps. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/your-ai-stack-just-handed-over-your-root-keys-inside-the-litellm-pypi-breach.html Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Fernando Tucci Fernando Tucci Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Cyber Crime Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Expert Perspective Trend Micro Research : Data center Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports We look into a stealthy multi‑stage attack campaign that delivers PureLog Stealer entirely in memory using encrypted, fileless techniques. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/copyright-lures-mask-a-multistage-purelog-stealer-attack.html Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Mohamed Fahmy Allixon Kristoffer Francisco Jonna Santos Mohamed Fahmy Allixon Kristoffer Francisco Jonna Santos Malware Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Expert Perspective Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Investigations Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Learn how east-west traffic visibility helps detect and stop lateral movement attacks inside electric grid infrastructure and critical OT networks. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/why-east-west-visibility-matters-for-grid-security.html Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Vitaliy Shtym Vitaliy Shtym Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Endpoints Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Consumer Focus Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Privacy & Risks Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : ICS OT Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : IoT Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Network Not every cloud breach starts with malware or a zero-day. In this incident, attackers discovered an exposed Spring Boot Actuator endpoint, harvested credentials from leaked configuration data, then used the OAuth2 Resource Owner Password Credentials (ROPC) flow to authenticate without MFA. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/from-misconfigured-spring-boot-actuator-to-sharepoint-exfiltrati.html Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Ryan Soliven Jovit Samaniego Reine Roque Ryan Soliven Jovit Samaniego Reine Roque Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Endpoints Trend Micro Research : Cyber Crime Trend Micro Research : Investigations Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Expert Perspective Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Learn how TrendAI™ and our researchers contributed threat intelligence and analysis to support INTERPOL against cybercrime. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/trendai-supports-global-law-enforcement-efforts.html Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 TrendAI™ Research TrendAI™ Research Cyber Crime Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Cyber Crime Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Warlock continues to enhance its attack chain with new tactics to improve persistence, lateral movement, and defense evasion using an expanded toolset: TightVNC Yuze, and a persistent BYOVD technique leveraging the NSec driver. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/dissecting-a-warlock-attack.html Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Maristel Policarpio Junestherry Dela Cruz Sarah Pearl Camiling Jacob Santos Don Ovid Ladores Maristel Policarpio Junestherry Dela Cruz Sarah Pearl Camiling Jacob Santos Don Ovid Ladores Ransomware Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Ransomware Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Learn how TrendAI and NVIDIA OpenShell help secure autonomous AI agents and build trusted enterprise AI systems with stronger visibility and control. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/securing-autonomous-ai-agents-with-trendai-and-nvidia-openshell.html Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Fernando Cardoso King Cao Truman Coburn Bestin Koruthu Fernando Cardoso King Cao Truman Coburn Bestin Koruthu Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Our analysis of an active KongTuke campaign deploying modeloRAT — malware capable of reconnaissance, command execution, and persistent access — through compromised WordPress sites and fake CAPTCHA lures shows that the group still operates this delivery chain in parallel with the newer CrashFix technique. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/kongtuke-clickfix-abuse-of-compromised-wordpress-sites.html Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Aira Marcelo Jovit Samaniego Ryan Maglaque Fe Cureg Lisa Wu Aira Marcelo Jovit Samaniego Ryan Maglaque Fe Cureg Lisa Wu Malware Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Learn about OpenClaw (a sovereign agent) and how this can be viable for enterprises. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/cisos-in-a-pinch-a-security-analysis-openclaw.html Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Fernando Tucci Fernando Tucci Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Expert Perspective At [un]prompted 2026, TrendAI™ demonstrated how documents can be used to exploit AI-driven KYC pipelines and introduced FENRIR, an automated system for discovering AI vulnerabilities at scale. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/trendai-at-unprompted-2026.html Mon, 9 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 TrendAI™ Research TrendAI™ Research Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports The BoryptGrab campaign uses fake SEO‑optimized GitHub repositories and deceptive download pages to distribute a data‑stealing malware family that delivers multiple payloads, including a reverse SSH backdoor, to Windows users. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/boryptgrab-stealer-targets-users-via-deceptive-github-pages.html Thu, 5 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Mingyue Shirley Yang Mingyue Shirley Yang Malware Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Tycoon 2FA was dismantled this week by law enforcement and industry partners including TrendAI™. The phishing-as-a-service platform offered MFA bypass services using adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) proxying. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/tycoon2fa-takedown.html Wed, 4 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Christopher Boyton Mayra Rosario Fuentes Stephen Hilt Christopher Boyton Mayra Rosario Fuentes Stephen Hilt Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Learn how Claude Code Security set Cybersecurity stocks on fire. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/claude-code-security-set-the-cybersecurity-stocks-on-fire.html Tue, 3 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Fernando Tucci Fernando Tucci Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Expert Perspective Malicious OpenClaw skills trick AI agents and users into installing a new AMOS variant that steals extensive data at scale. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/b/openclaw-skills-used-to-distribute-atomic-macos-stealer.html Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Alfredo Oliveira Buddy Tancio David Fiser Philippe Lin Roel Reyes Alfredo Oliveira Buddy Tancio David Fiser Philippe Lin Roel Reyes Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Research We uncover how a campaign used Atlassian Jira Cloud to launch automated and targeted spam campaigns, exploiting trusted SaaS workflows to bypass security controls. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/b/spam-campaign-abuses-atlassian-jira.html Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 TrendAI™ Research TrendAI™ Research Spam Trend Micro Research : Spam Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Research Discover why Government and Education must prioritize Cyber Risk Management. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/b/us-public-sector-under-siege.html Fri, 6 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Jon Clay Jon Clay Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Expert Perspective Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats OpenClaw (aka Clawdbot or Moltbot) represents a new frontier in agentic AI: powerful, highly autonomous, and surprisingly easy to use. In this research, we examine how its capabilities compare to its predecessors’ and highlight the security risks inherent to the agentic AI paradigm. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/b/what-openclaw-reveals-about-agentic-assistants.html Fri, 6 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Salvatore Gariuolo Vincenzo Ciancaglini Fernando Tucci Salvatore Gariuolo Vincenzo Ciancaglini Fernando Tucci Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Research Discover how the TrendAI Vision One and SentinelOne integration exemplifies our commitment to endpoint flexibility. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/a/embracing-choice-in-cybersecurity.html Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Jenny Hua Jenny Hua Endpoints Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Endpoints Trend Micro Research : Network Trend Micro Research : Security Strategies Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Discover how TrendAI Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) identified critical vulnerabilities across connected vehicles, EV chargers, and automotive systems. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/a/pwn2own-researchers-earn-1-million-for-76-zero-days.html Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Trend Micro Research Trend Micro Research Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Connected Car PeckBirdy is a sophisticated JScript-based C&C framework used by China-aligned APT groups to exploit LOLBins across multiple environments, delivering advanced backdoors to target gambling industries and Asian government entities. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/a/peckbirdy-script-framework.html Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Ted Lee Joseph C Chen Ted Lee Joseph C Chen APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Research TrendAI™ Research provides a technical analysis of a compromised EmEditor installer used to deliver multistage malware that performs a range of malicious actions. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/a/watering-hole-attack-targets-emeditor-users.html Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Don Ovid Ladores Yuya Sato Yosuke Akiho Don Ovid Ladores Yuya Sato Yosuke Akiho Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Cyber Risk Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats This blog entry provides an in-depth analysis of the multistage delivery of the Evelyn information stealer, which was used in a campaign targeting software developers. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/a/analysis-of-the-evelyn-stealer-campaign.html Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim Malware Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats The "bigger is better" era of AI is hitting a wall. We are in an LLM bubble, characterized by ruinous inference costs and diminishing returns. The future belongs to Agentic AI powered by specialized Small Language Models (SLMs). Think of it as a shift from hiring a single expensive genius to running a highly efficient digital factory. It’s cheaper, faster, and frankly, the only way to make agents work at scale. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/a/your-100-billion-parameter-behemoth-is-a-liability.html Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Fernando Tucci Fernando Tucci Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Data center TrendAI™’s ÆSIR platform combines AI automation with expert oversight to discover zero-day vulnerabilities in AI infrastructure – 21 CVEs across NVIDIA, Tencent, and MLflow since mid-2025. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/a/aesir.html Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Peter Girnus Peter Girnus Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports This blog discusses notable modern TTPs observed from SHADOW-AETHER-015 and Earth Preta, from TrendAI™ Research monitoring and TrendAI Vision One™ intelligence. These findings support the performance of TrendAI™ in the 2025 MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/a/shadow-aether-015-earth-preta-mitre.html Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Threat actors exploited Cloudflare's free-tier infrastructure and legitimate Python environments to deploy the AsyncRAT remote access trojan, demonstrating advanced evasion techniques that abuse trusted cloud services for malicious operations. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/a/analyzing-a-a-multi-stage-asyncrat-campaign-via-mdr.html Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Buddy Tancio Jed Valderama Khristoffer Jocson Franklynn Uy Buddy Tancio Jed Valderama Khristoffer Jocson Franklynn Uy Malware Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Learn how the 2025 Trend Micro Defenders Survey Report helps paint a clear picture of how security teams are looking to work with executive leaders to manage cyber risk. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/managing-cyber-risk-with-executives.html Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Annual Predictions Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Continuing a Legacy of Successful Collaboration https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/operation-sentinel-digital-extortion-campaigns-identified.html Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Cyber Crime Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Cyber Crime Trend Micro Research : Expert Perspective Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Learn why hybrid and multi-cloud environments are vital for IT and business success from our 2025 Trend Micro Defenders Survey. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/managing-cloud-risk.html Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Annual Predictions Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Learn how Trend Micro's 2025 Trend Micro Defenders Survey Report highlights current AI-related cybersecurity priorities and where security professionals use AI to their advantage. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/cyber-defenders-and-ai-risks.html Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Annual Predictions Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Learn how to strategically tackle human risk for smarter prioritization and lasting behavioral change. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/optimize-security-management-in-cyber-risk-exposure-management.html Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Sanjana Sadh Sanjana Sadh Phishing Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Security Strategies Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Based on more than 3,000 responses from cybersecurity professionals in nearly 90 countries, our Trend Micro Defenders Survey Report 2025 shines a bright light on the current state of cyber risk management. From the impact of cloud and AI on IT environments to top technical and human challenges, this year’s findings have a lot to say about the pressures security teams are under and what organizations are doing to tighten their grip on cyber risk. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/trend-micros-2025-defenders-survey-report.html Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Report Trend Micro Research : Annual Predictions In November, a targeted spear-phishing campaign was observed using Trend Micro-themed lures against various industries, but this was quickly detected and thwarted by the Trend Vision One™ platform. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/SHADOW-VOID-042.html Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Daniel Lunghi Ian Kenefick Feike Hacquebord Daniel Lunghi Ian Kenefick Feike Hacquebord Phishing Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports The integration between Trend Vision One and Security Hub CSPM is exactly that, two powerful platforms enhancing each other to keep your AWS infrastructure protected. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/aws-security-hub-integration.html Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Eduardo Castro Yessenia Becerra Dave McDuff Eduardo Castro Yessenia Becerra Dave McDuff Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : How To Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Ransomware Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Crime Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Deep Web Trend Micro Research : Privacy & Risks Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Spam Enterprise 2025 introduces the first full cloud adversary emulation and expanded multi-platform testing, focusing on two advanced threat areas: Scattered Spider’s cloud-centric attacks and Mustang Panda’s long-term espionage operations. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/cloud-automation-2025-mitre-attack-round-7.html Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Cloud Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Privacy & Risks Trend Micro Research : Endpoints Trend Micro Research : IoT Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports CVE-2025-55182 is a CVSS 10.0 pre-authentication RCE affecting React Server Components. Amid the flood of fake proof-of-concept exploits, scanners, exploits, and widespread misconceptions, this technical analysis intends to cut through the noise. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/CVE-2025-55182-analysis-poc-itw.html Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Peter Girnus Deep Patel Jack Walsh Lucas Silva Ashish Verma Peter Girnus Deep Patel Jack Walsh Lucas Silva Ashish Verma Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports In this blog entry, Trend™ Research provides a comprehensive breakdown of GhostPenguin, a previously undocumented Linux backdoor with low detection rates that was discovered through AI-powered threat hunting and in-depth malware analysis. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/ghostpenguin.html Mon, 8 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Aliakbar Zahravi Aliakbar Zahravi Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Research CVE-2025-55182 is a critical (CVSS 10.0) pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability affecting React Server Components used in React.js, Next.js, and related frameworks (see the context section for a more exhaustive list of affected frameworks). https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/critical-react-server-components-vulnerability.html Fri, 5 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Peter Girnus Peter Girnus Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities In today's cloud-first world, security teams face an overwhelming flood of alerts, fragmented visibility, and reactive workflows. The complexity of modern cloud environments—spanning multi-cloud deployments, ephemeral assets, and decentralized ownership—demands a new approach to risk management. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/k/cloud-risk-management.html Thu, 4 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Truman Coburn Truman Coburn Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : How To Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Job seekers looking out for opportunities might instead find their personal devices compromised, as a PureRAT campaign propagated through email leverages Foxit PDF Reader for concealment and DLL side-loading for initial entry. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/valleyrat-campaign.html Wed, 3 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Sarah Pearl Camiling Junestherry Dela Cruz Jacob Santos Sophia Nilette Robles Maristel Policarpio Raymart Yambot Sarah Pearl Camiling Junestherry Dela Cruz Jacob Santos Sophia Nilette Robles Maristel Policarpio Raymart Yambot Malware Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Through AI-driven code conversion and a layered infection chain involving different file formats and scripting languages, the threat actors behind Water Saci are quickly upgrading their malware delivery and propagation methods across WhatsApp in Brazil. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/water-saci.html Tue, 2 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra Sarah Pearl Camiling Joe Soares Byron Gelera Ian Kenefick Emmanuel Panopio Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra Sarah Pearl Camiling Joe Soares Byron Gelera Ian Kenefick Emmanuel Panopio Phishing Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Research More and more enterprises are opting for cloud-native application protection platforms (CNAPPs) instead of complex and hard-to-manage cloud security point solutions. Find out where your organization is on its CNAPP maturity journey. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/whats-your-cnapp-maturity.html Mon, 1 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Ransomware Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Consumer Focus Trend Micro Research : Cyber Crime Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Deep Web Trend Micro Research : Privacy & Risks Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Spam Learn to elevate your cloud security strategy & overcome complexity with Vision One™. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/l/cloud-security-strategy.html Mon, 1 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Eduardo Castro Truman Coburn Eduardo Castro Truman Coburn Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Ransomware Trend Micro Research : Security Strategies Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Crime Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Deep Web Trend Micro Research : Privacy & Risks Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Spam Shai-hulud 2.0 campaign features a sophisticated variant capable of stealing credentials and secrets from major cloud platforms and developer services, while automating the backdooring of NPM packages maintained by victims. Its advanced tactics enable rapid, stealthy propagation across the software supply chain, putting countless downstream users at risk. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/k/shai-hulud-2-0-targets-cloud-and-developer-systems.html Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats In the race to secure cloud infrastructure, intrusion prevention systems (IPS) remain one of the most critical yet complex at the cloud network layer of defense. For many organizations, deploying IPS in the cloud is a balancing act between agility and control. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/k/cloud-ips-one-click-protection.html Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Bestin Koruthu Bestin Koruthu Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Ransomware Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Crime Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Deep Web Trend Micro Research : Privacy & Risks Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Spam Trend Micro Research : Network In this blog entry, Trend™ Research explores how ransomware actors are shifting their focus to cloud-based assets, including the tactics used to compromise business-critical data in AWS environments. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/k/s3-ransomware.html Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Yash Verma Yash Verma Ransomware Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Ransomware Trend Micro Research : Research More cybercriminals are turning to using autonomous AI tools to upgrade their attacks, as exemplified by the recent utilization of Anthropic’s Claude Code, prompting an urgent need for enterprises to adopt agentic AI-driven security platforms and proactive defenses to counter AI-related threats. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/k/redefining-defense-in-era-of-ai-led-attacks.html Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Cyber Risk Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats In this blog entry, Trend™ Research analyses the layered command-and-control approaches that Lumma Stealer uses to maintain its ongoing operations while enhancing collection of victim-environment data. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/k/lumma-stealer-browser-fingerprinting.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Junestherry Dela Cruz Sarah Pearl Camiling Junestherry Dela Cruz Sarah Pearl Camiling Malware Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats It’s time to rethink your approach https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/k/dlp-to-modern-data-security.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Consumer Focus Trend Micro Research : Cyber Crime Trend Micro Research : Privacy & Risks Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Data center Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Endpoints Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Learn all about AI-powered visibility, telemetry, and proactive security across mainframe, cloud, containers, and enterprise workloads. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/k/ibm-infrastructure-continuous-risk-compliance.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Cloud Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Endpoints Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Data center Learn why managing cloud risk demands unified visibility, continuous risk assessment, and efficient security operations. Discover how a full-featured CNAPP like Trend Vision One™ Cloud Security enables organizations to move from reactive to proactive cloud protection. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/manage-cloud-risk.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Bestin Koruthu Truman Coburn Bestin Koruthu Truman Coburn Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Ransomware Trend Micro Research : Cyber Risk Trend Micro Research : Security Strategies Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Crime Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Deep Web Trend Micro Research : Privacy & Risks Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Risk Management Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Spam Launching at NVIDIA GTC 2025 - Transforming AI Security with Trend Vision One™ on NVIDIA BlueField https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/ai-security-nvidia-bluefield.html Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Fernando Cardoso Eduardo Castro Nancy Chuang Fernando Cardoso Eduardo Castro Nancy Chuang Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Web Trend Micro Research : Connected Car Trend Micro Research : Endpoints Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Social Media Trend Micro Research : Smart Home Trend Micro Research : Data center Trend Micro Research : ICS OT Trend Micro Research : IoT Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Mobile Trend Micro Research : Network Continuous investigation on the Water Saci campaign reveals innovative email-based C&C system, multi-vector persistence, and real-time command capabilities that allow attackers to orchestrate coordinated botnet operations, gather detailed campaign intelligence, and dynamically control malware activity across multiple infected machines. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/active-water-saci-campaign-whatsapp-update.html Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra Joe Soares Emmanuel Panopio Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra Joe Soares Emmanuel Panopio Malware Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend™ Research identified a sophisticated Agenda ransomware attack that deployed a Linux variant on Windows systems. This cross-platform execution can make detection challenging for enterprises. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/agenda-ransomware-deploys-linux-variant-on-windows-systems.html Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Jacob Santos Junestherry Dela Cruz Sarah Pearl Camiling Sophia Nilette Robles Maristel Policarpio Raymart Yambot Jacob Santos Junestherry Dela Cruz Sarah Pearl Camiling Sophia Nilette Robles Maristel Policarpio Raymart Yambot Ransomware Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Ransomware Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Unified visibility, proactive intelligence, and proven leadership in network analysis and visibility. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/forrester-wave-nav-2025.html Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Jamal Bethea Jamal Bethea Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Network Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend™ Research examines the complex collaborative relationship between China-aligned APT groups via the new “Premier Pass-as-a-Service” model, exemplified by the recent activities of Earth Estries and Earth Naga. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/premier-pass-as-a-service.html Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Daniel Lunghi Leon M Chang Daniel Lunghi Leon M Chang Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Research By delivering both XDR leadership and Agentic SIEM innovation under one platform, Trend is redefining what security operations can be. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/soc-agentic-siem.html Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Joyce Huang Stephanie Tang Joyce Huang Stephanie Tang Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Consumer Focus Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend™ Research examines the latest version of the Vidar stealer, which features a full rewrite in C, a multithreaded architecture, and several enhancements that warrant attention. Its timely evolution suggests that Vidar is positioning itself to occupy the space left after Lumma Stealer’s decline. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/how-vidar-stealer-2-upgrades-infostealer-capabilities.html Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Junestherry Dela Cruz Junestherry Dela Cruz Malware Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Research A targeted underground doxxing campaign exposed alleged core members of Lumma Stealer (Water Kurita), resulting in a sharp decline in its activity and a migration of customers to rival infostealer platforms. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/the-impact-of-water-kurita-lumma-stealer-doxxing.html Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Junestherry Dela Cruz Junestherry Dela Cruz Malware Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend™ Research has uncovered an attack campaign exploiting the Cisco SNMP vulnerability CVE-2025-20352, allowing remote code execution and rootkit deployment on unprotected devices, with impacts observed on Cisco 9400, 9300, and legacy 3750G series. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/operation-zero-disco-cisco-snmp-vulnerability-exploit.html Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Dove Chiu Lucien Chuang Dove Chiu Lucien Chuang Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Discover how Trend Vision One™ integrates with Zscaler to unify detection and access enforcement, accelerate threat containment, reduce dwell time, and deliver seamless Zero Trust protection for modern enterprises. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/real-time-risk-based-zero-trust.html Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Jenny Hua Jenny Hua Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Endpoints Trend Micro Research : Network Trend Micro Research : Security Strategies Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend™ Research and ZDI Threat Hunters have identified a large-scale RondoDox botnet campaign exploiting over 50 vulnerabilities across more than 30 vendors, including flaws first seen in Pwn2Own contests. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/rondodox.html Thu, 9 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Deep Patel Ashish Verma Simon Dulude Peter Girnus Deep Patel Ashish Verma Simon Dulude Peter Girnus Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Learn the state of AI and the NPM ecosystem with the recent s1ngularity' weaponized AI for credential theft. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/weaponized-ai-assistants.html Thu, 9 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Fernando Tucci Fernando Tucci APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : APT & Targeted Attacks Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Research In this post of THE AI BREACH, learn how your Chatbot can become a backdoor. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/ai-chatbot-backdoor.html Wed, 8 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Kim Kinahan Kim Kinahan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports We discovered Azure Storage Account credentials exposed in Axis Communications’ Autodesk Revit plugin, allowing unauthorized modification of cloud-hosted files. This exposure, combined with vulnerabilities in Autodesk Revit, could enable supply-chain attacks targeting end users. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/axis-plugin-flaw-autodesk-revit-supply-chain-risk.html Wed, 8 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Nitesh Surana Nitesh Surana Cloud Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend™ Research has identified an active campaign spreading via WhatsApp through a ZIP file attachment. When executed, the malware establishes persistence and hijacks the compromised WhatsApp account to send copies of itself to the victim’s contacts. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/j/self-propagating-malware-spreads-via-whatsapp.html Fri, 3 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra Maristel Policarpio Sophia Nilette Robles Cj Arsley Mateo Jacob Santos Paul John Bardon Bren Matthew Ebriega John Rainier Navato Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra Maristel Policarpio Sophia Nilette Robles Cj Arsley Mateo Jacob Santos Paul John Bardon Bren Matthew Ebriega John Rainier Navato Malware Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Phishing Eight takeaways on why Trend Vision One™ embodies the best of today’s CNAPP vision. Includes insights from 2025 Gartner® Market Guide for CNAPP https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/i/cloud-security-cnapp.html Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Bestin Koruthu Truman Coburn Fernando Cardoso Bestin Koruthu Truman Coburn Fernando Cardoso Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Compliance & Risks Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Security Strategies Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) not only helps organizations protect, but offers the flexibility of multi-cloud. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/i/cnapp-multi-cloud.html Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Bestin Koruthu Truman Coburn Bestin Koruthu Truman Coburn Cloud Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Consumer Focus Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend™ Research analyzed source binaries from the latest activity from notorious LockBit ransomware with their 5.0 version that exhibits advanced obfuscation, anti-analysis techniques, and seamless cross-platform capabilities for Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/i/lockbit-5-targets-windows-linux-esxi.html Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Sarah Pearl Camiling Jacob Santos Sarah Pearl Camiling Jacob Santos Ransomware Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Ransomware Trend Micro Research : Research Poisoned data. Malicious LoRAs. Trojan model files. AI attacks are stealthier than ever—often invisible until it’s too late. Here’s how to catch them before they catch you. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/i/prevent-llm-compromise.html Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Fernando Tucci Fernando Tucci Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats A single AI chatbot breach at Salesloft-Drift exposed data from 700+ companies, including security leaders. The attack shows how AI integrations expand risk, and why controls like IP allow-listing, token security, and monitoring are critical. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/i/ai-app-breach.html Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Fernando Tucci Fernando Tucci Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Research Trend™ Research’s analysis of Wondershare RepairIt reveals how the AI-driven app exposed sensitive user data due to unsecure cloud storage practices and hardcoded credentials, creating risks of model tampering and supply chain attacks. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/i/ai-powered-app-exposes-user-data.html Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Alfredo Oliveira David Fiser Alfredo Oliveira David Fiser Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Research Cybercriminals are abusing AI-native platforms like Vercel, Netlify, and Lovable to host fake captcha pages that deceive users, bypass detection, and drive phishing campaigns. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/i/ai-development-platforms-enable-fake-captcha-pages.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Ryan Flores Bakuei Matsukawa Ryan Flores Bakuei Matsukawa Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Web Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Phishing Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend™ Research outlines the critical details behind the ongoing NPM supply chain attack and offers essential steps to stay protected against potential compromise. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/i/npm-supply-chain-attack.html Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra Joshua Aquino Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra Joshua Aquino Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Latest News Trend Micro Research : Research Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Combining AI-generated code and social engineering, EvilAI operators are executing a rapidly expanding campaign, disguising their malware as legitimate applications to bypass security, steal credentials, and persistently compromise organizations worldwide. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/i/evilai.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra Joshua Aquino Emmanuel Panopio Emmanuel Roll Joshua Lijandro Tsang Armando Nathaniel Pedragoza Melvin Singwa Mohammed Malubay Marco Dela Vega Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra Joshua Aquino Emmanuel Panopio Emmanuel Roll Joshua Lijandro Tsang Armando Nathaniel Pedragoza Melvin Singwa Mohammed Malubay Marco Dela Vega Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Malware Trend Micro Research : Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trend Micro Research : Research This blog post looks at four key milestones along the cybersecurity maturity journey and poses some questions you can ask to determine the stage of your organization’s progress. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/i/cybersecurity-maturity.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Cloud Trend Micro Research : Cyber Crime Trend Micro Research : Exploits & Vulnerabilities Trend Micro Research : Cyber Threats Trend Micro Research : Data center Trend Micro Research : Network Trend Micro Research : Security Strategies Trend Micro Research : Articles, News, Reports