Research, News, and Perspectives

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Your AI Gateway Was a Backdoor: Inside the LiteLLM Supply Chain Compromise

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.

Latest News 2026/03/26

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Latest News 2026/03/26

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APT & Targeted Attacks

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.

Latest News 2026/03/26

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Latest News 2026/03/26

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Your AI Stack Just Handed Over Your Root Keys: Inside the litellm PyPI Breach

Litellm PyPI breach explained: malicious versions steal cloud credentials, SSH keys, and Kubernetes secrets. Learn impact and urgent mitigation steps.

Expert Perspective 2026/03/25

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Expert Perspective 2026/03/25

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Malware

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.

Research 2026/03/19

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Research 2026/03/19

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Compliance & Risks

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.

Consumer Focus 2026/03/18

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Consumer Focus 2026/03/18

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Cyber Threats

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 MFA.

Investigations 2026/03/18

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Investigations 2026/03/18

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Cyber Crime

TrendAI™ Supports Global Law Enforcement Efforts

Learn how TrendAI™ and our researchers contributed threat intelligence and analysis to support INTERPOL against cybercrime.

Latest News 2026/03/16

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Latest News 2026/03/16

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Ransomware

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.

Latest News 2026/03/16

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Latest News 2026/03/16

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Securing Autonomous AI Agents with TrendAI & NVIDIA OpenShell

Learn how TrendAI and NVIDIA OpenShell help secure autonomous AI agents and build trusted enterprise AI systems with stronger visibility and control.

Latest News 2026/03/16

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Latest News 2026/03/16

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Malware

Through the Lens of MDR: Analysis of KongTuke’s ClickFix Abuse of Compromised WordPress Sites

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.

Research 2026/03/10

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Research 2026/03/10

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