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. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read…
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Claude Code Packaging Error Remains a Lure in an Active Campaign: What Defenders Should Do
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. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News…
Weaponizing Trust Signals: Claude Code Lures and GitHub Release Payloads
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. This article has been indexed…
TrendAI Insight: New U.S. National Cyber Strategy
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. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and…
TrendAI™ Research at RSAC 2026: Advancing Defense Across AI‑Driven and Cyber‑Physical Threats
TrendAI™ Research explored agentic AI cybercrime and EV infrastructure security through two research sessions at RSAC 2026. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: TrendAI™ Research at RSAC 2026: Advancing Defense…
TeamPCP’s Telnyx Attack Marks a Shift in Tactics Beyond LiteLLM
Moving beyond their LiteLLM campaign, TeamPCP weaponizes the Telnyx Python SDK with stealthy WAV‑based payloads to steal credentials across Linux, macOS, and Windows. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: TeamPCP’s…
Pawn Storm Campaign Deploys PRISMEX, Targets Government and Critical Infrastructure Entities
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. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original…
Copyright Lures Mask a Multi‑Stage PureLog Stealer Attack on Key Industries
We look into a stealthy multi‑stage attack campaign that delivers PureLog Stealer entirely in memory using encrypted, fileless techniques. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Copyright Lures Mask a Multi‑Stage…
From Misconfigured Spring Boot Actuator to SharePoint Exfiltration: How Stolen Credentials Bypass MFA
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…
Why East-West Visibility Matters for Grid Security
Learn how east-west traffic visibility helps detect and stop lateral movement attacks inside electric grid infrastructure and critical OT networks. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Why East-West Visibility Matters…
Web Shells, Tunnels, and Ransomware: Dissecting a Warlock Attack
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. This article has been indexed from Trend…
CISOs in a Pinch: A Security Analysis of OpenClaw
Learn about OpenClaw (a sovereign agent) and how this can be viable for enterprises. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: CISOs in a Pinch: A Security Analysis of OpenClaw
TrendAI™ at [un]prompted 2026: From KYC Exploits to Agentic Defense
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. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read…
New BoryptGrab Stealer Targets Windows Users via Deceptive GitHub Pages
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. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News…
Europol, Microsoft, TrendAI™ and Collaborators Halt Tycoon 2FA Operations
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. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original…
CISOs in a Pinch: A Security Analysis of OpenClaw
Learn how Claude Code Security set Cybersecurity stocks on fire. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: CISOs in a Pinch: A Security Analysis of OpenClaw
Malicious OpenClaw Skills Used to Distribute Atomic MacOS Stealer
Malicious OpenClaw skills trick AI agents and users into installing a new AMOS variant that steals extensive data at scale. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Malicious OpenClaw Skills Used…
Spam Campaign Abuses Atlassian Jira, Targets Government and Corporate Entities
We uncover how a campaign used Atlassian Jira Cloud to launch automated and targeted spam campaigns, exploiting trusted SaaS workflows to bypass security controls. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article:…
U.S. Public Sector Under Siege
Discover why Government and Education must prioritize Cyber Risk Management. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: U.S. Public Sector Under Siege
PeckBirdy: A Versatile Script Framework for LOLBins Exploitation Used by China-aligned Threat Groups
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. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and…