New LockBit 5.0 Targets Windows, Linux, ESXi

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...

Rapid7 Q2 2025 Incident Response Findings

Rapid7’s Q2 incident response IR data illustrates a solidification of trends first observed in Q1. There are no sweeping changes to commonly observed malware, or noticeably different software being deployed by threat actors in Q2. If you were expecting Bunny Loader to lose its impressive...

A Decade-Long Landscape of Advanced Persistent Threats: Longitudinal Analysis and Global Trends

An advanced persistent threat APT refers to a covert, long-term cyberattack, typically conducted by state-sponsored actors, targeting critical sectors and often remaining undetected for long periods. In response, collective intelligence from around the globe collaborates to identify and trace...

Exploits and vulnerabilities in Q2 2025

Vulnerability registrations in Q2 2025 proved to be quite dynamic. Vulnerabilities that were published impact the security of nearly every computer subsystem: UEFI, drivers, operating systems, browsers, as well as user and web applications. Based on our analysis, threat actors continue to leverag...

Generative Personalization at the Edge: The Future of E‑Commerce Isn’t (Just) in the Cloud

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New trends in phishing and scams: how AI and social media are changing the game

Introduction Phishing and scams are dynamic types of online fraud that primarily target individuals, with cybercriminals constantly adapting their tactics to deceive people. Scammers invent new methods and improve old ones, adjusting them to fit current news, trends, and major world events:...

Measuring CEX-DEX Extracted Value and Searcher Profitability: the Darkest of the MEV Dark Forest

This paper provides a comprehensive empirical analysis of the economics and dynamics behind arbitrages between centralized and decentralized exchanges CEX-DEX on Ethereum. We refine heuristics to identify arbitrage transactions from on-chain data and introduce a robust empirical framework to...

Meme Coins in 2025: High Risk, High Reward, and Rising Security Threats

Meme coins started as internet jokes, but by 2025, they’ve become one of the most volatile and talked-about…...

Crypto Market Outlook: How Crypto Will Come of Age in 2025

2024 was a significant year for cryptocurrency markets, both in terms of growth, user adoption, investment, and technological…...

A Survey on Artificial Noise for Physical Layer Security: Opportunities, Technologies, Guidelines, Advances, and Trends

Due to the broadcast nature of wireless communications, physical-layer security has attracted increasing concerns from both academia and industry. Artificial noise AN, as one of the promising physical-layer security techniques, is capable of utilizing the spatial degree-of-freedom of channels to...

From AI to Zero-Days: Why CISOs Can’t Ignore the 2024 Threat Shifts

Running short on time but still want to stay in the know? Well, we’ve got you covered! We’ve condensed all the key takeaways into a handy audio summary. Our AI-driven podcasts are fit for on the go. Two weeks ago, we published the key insights from our Cyber Horizons 2025 Threat Report ,...

From AI to Zero-Days: Why CISOs Can’t Ignore the 2024 Threat Shifts

Running short on time but still want to stay in the know? Well, we’ve got you covered! We’ve condensed all the key takeaways into a handy audio summary. Our AI-driven podcasts are fit for on the go. Two weeks ago, we published the key insights from our Cyber Horizons 2025 Threat Report ,...

Open Source, Open Threats? Investigating Security Challenges in Open-Source Software

Open-source software OSS has become increasingly more popular across different domains. However, this rapid development and widespread adoption come with a security cost. The growing complexity and openness of OSS ecosystems have led to increased exposure to vulnerabilities and attack surfaces...

Quantum Machine Learning

The meteoric rise of artificial intelligence in recent years has seen machine learning methods become ubiquitous in modern science, technology, and industry. Concurrently, the emergence of programmable quantum computers, coupled with the expectation that large-scale fault-tolerant machines will...

Investigating Vulnerabilities and Defenses against Audio-Visual Attacks: a Comprehensive Survey Emphasizing Multimodal Models

Multimodal large language models MLLMs, which bridge the gap between audio-visual and natural language processing, achieve state-of-the-art performance on several audio-visual tasks. Despite the superior performance of MLLMs, the scarcity of high-quality audio-visual training data and computation...

Foundation of Affective Computing and Interaction

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of affective computing and human-computer interaction technologies. It begins with the historical development and basic concepts of human-computer interaction, delving into the technical frameworks and practical applications of emotional computing,...

Leaking Secrets in the Age of AI

How has AI-assisted development impacted secrets leakage? Learn the new patterns and emerging trends...

Rapid7 Q1 2025 Incident Response Findings

Rapid7’s Q1 2025 incident response data highlights several key initial access vector IAV trends, shares salient examples of incidents investigated by the Rapid7 Incident Response IR team, and digs into threat data by industry as well as some of the more commonly seen pieces of malware appearing i...

Flowable’s Smart Automation Tools Are Reshaping How Enterprises Operate in 2025

As more businesses face pressure to do more with fewer resources, automation platforms like Flowable are becoming central…...

CISO Spotlight: Mike Wilkes on Building Resilience in an Evolving Threat Landscape

Mike Wilkes has had a career many cybersecurity professionals could only dream of. An adjunct professor, former CISO of Marvel and MLS, member of the World Economic Forum, drummer, and board member at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, his interests and achievements are as eclectic as they are...