No Agency Is Too Small

Back when nation-state threat actors were primarily targeting large government agencies, government contractors, and large companies, security through obscurity was a legitimate strategy. In years past, betting that attackers wouldn’t bother with smaller targets was a feasible way of operating. Read More …

HoneyMyte updates CoolClient and deploys multiple stealers in recent campaigns

Over the past few years, we’ve been observing and monitoring the espionage activities of HoneyMyte (aka Mustang Panda or Bronze President) within Asia and Europe, with the Southeast Asia region being the most affected. The primary targets of most of Read More …

PeckBirdy: A Versatile Script Framework for LOLBins Exploitation Used by China-aligned Threat Groups

Since 2023, Trend Micro researchers have been observing threat campaigns employing a previously unseen script-based command-and-control (C&C) framework which we named PeckBirdy, being used against Chinese gambling industries, as well as malicious activities targeting Asian government entities and private organizations. Read More …

Malicious Microsoft VSCode AI extensions might have hit over 1.5 million users

More than 1.5 million people may have had their sensitive data exfiltrated to Chinese hackers through two malicious extensions found on the VSCode Marketplace. Security researchers at Koi Security said they discovered two malicious browser extensions in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Read More …

Researchers say Russian government hackers were behind attempted Poland power outage

A failed December effort to bring down parts of Poland’s energy grid was the work of Russian government hackers known for causing past energy disruptions, according to a security research firm that investigated the incident. Last week, Polish Energy Minister Read More …

The Next Frontier of Runtime Assembly Attacks: Leveraging LLMs to Generate Phishing JavaScript in Real Time

Imagine visiting a webpage that looks perfectly safe. It has no malicious code, no suspicious links. Yet, within seconds, it transforms into a personalized phishing page. This isn’t merely an illusion. It’s the next frontier of web attacks where attackers Read More …

Watering Hole Attack Targets EmEditor Users with Information-Stealing Malware

In late December 2025, EmEditor, a highly extensible and widely used text, code, and CSV editor developed by U.S.-based Emurasoft, published a security advisory warning users that its download page had been compromised. The attackers’ objective was to distribute a Read More …

A new LinkedIn phishing scam is targeting executives online

Business executives and IT admins are being targeted by a highly sophisticated phishing attack which doesn’t happen in the email inbox but rather – on LinkedIn. Security researchers ReliaQuest said they saw a new attack that combines legitimate Python pentesting Read More …

Peruvian Peaks: The digital loan illusion

Crossing the Andes, we found ourselves in the digital valleys of Peru, where a new variation of the loan scam awaited us. Much like the schemes in Brazil, these operations played on hope and desperation, luring victims with promises of Read More …