Research, News, and Perspectives

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Your 100 Billion Parameter Behemoth is a Liability

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.

Research 16/01/2026

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Research 16/01/2026

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Introducing ÆSIR: Finding Zero-Day Vulnerabilities at the Speed of AI

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.

Latest News 15/01/2026

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Latest News 15/01/2026

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Cyber Threats

Key Insights on SHADOW-AETHER-015 and Earth Preta from the 2025 MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation with TrendAI Vision One™

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.

Research 13/01/2026

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Research 13/01/2026

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Malware

Analyzing a Multi-Stage AsyncRAT Campaign via Managed Detection and Response

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.

Research 12/01/2026

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Research 12/01/2026

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Compliance & Risks

Get Executives on board with managing Cyber Risk

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.

Annual Predictions 29/12/2025

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Annual Predictions 29/12/2025

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Cyber Crime

Trend Micro's Pivotal Role in INTERPOL's Operation Sentinel: Dismantling Digital Extortion Networks Across Africa

Continuing a Legacy of Successful Collaboration

Expert Perspective 29/12/2025

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Expert Perspective 29/12/2025

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Compliance & Risks

What Does it Take to Manage Cloud Risk?

Learn why hybrid and multi-cloud environments are vital for IT and business success from our 2025 Trend Micro Defenders Survey.

Annual Predictions 22/12/2025

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Annual Predictions 22/12/2025

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

What Cyber Defenders Really Think About AI Risk

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.

Annual Predictions 18/12/2025

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Annual Predictions 18/12/2025

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Phishing

Enhancing Security Awareness with Cyber Risk Exposure Management

Learn how to strategically tackle human risk for smarter prioritization and lasting behavioral change.

Security Strategies 15/12/2025

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Security Strategies 15/12/2025

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Compliance & Risks

Cyber Risk Management: Defenders Tell It Like It Is

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.

Annual Predictions 15/12/2025

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Annual Predictions 15/12/2025

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