A fake video meeting can now be enough to breach a Web3 company, with North Korea-linked BlueNoroff hackers using bogus Zoom calls, clipboard tricks and fileless PowerShell malware to steal credentials from cryptocurrency targets across multiple countries. The campaign marks a sharper turn in social engineering against the digital assets sector, where attackers are no longer relying only on malicious attachments or crude phishing pages. Instead, they […]
A hardcoded API key embedded in ClickUp’s public website exposed 959 corporate and government email addresses and more than 3,000 internal feature flags for over a year, intensifying scrutiny of security controls at widely used software-as-a-service platforms. The exposure was tied to a production JavaScript bundle that loaded before authentication, allowing anyone inspecting the page source to extract a third-party SDK token and send an unauthenticated request […]
Business-to-business marketing teams are entering 2026 with a sharper problem than ranking on search results pages: how to make their brands visible inside AI-generated answers that buyers increasingly use before visiting a supplier’s website. Mark Lydon, senior content marketing manager, has framed the shift as a move from search engine optimisation to answer engine optimisation, reflecting a wider change in how procurement teams, technology buyers and enterprise […]
BlueNoroff has intensified its campaign against cryptocurrency executives by combining fake Zoom meetings, AI-generated video lures and fileless PowerShell malware in an intrusion that gave attackers access to a North American Web3 company for 66 days. The operation, first detected after an intrusion began on 23 January 2026, marks a sharper turn in North Korea-linked cyber activity against digital asset businesses. Instead of relying on crude phishing […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Emerging-market assets came under pressure as investors moved towards the dollar, cutting exposure to riskier currencies and equities before the Federal Reserve’s policy decision and amid rising doubts over artificial intelligence spending and stalled Middle East peace efforts. MSCI’s emerging-market currency gauge fell 0.3 per cent, with most major developing-economy currencies weakening against the greenback. The Philippine peso, the rupee and the Thai […]
Retail and hospitality companies are facing a widening extortion campaign by BlackFile, a financially motivated hacking group using voice calls, fake helpdesk scripts and spoofed caller identities to steal credentials and force ransom negotiations. The group has been linked to attacks that began surfacing in January 2026, with sustained targeting of customer-facing businesses from February. Its activity has been tracked under several names, including CL-CRI-1116, UNC6671 and […]
OpenClaw has issued security updates for three vulnerabilities in its autonomous AI agent framework, warning administrators that older npm package versions could expose systems to policy bypasses, unauthorised configuration changes and API credential leakage. The flaws affect versions released before 2026.4.20, with one issue limited to versions between 2026.4.5 and 2026.4.20. The patched version tightens how the framework handles trusted operator settings, bundled tools and workspace environment […]
A targeted malware campaign aimed at Pakistan’s government-linked security infrastructure has exposed how threat actors are combining social engineering, obfuscated code and trusted online services to evade conventional cyber defences. The attack was directed at employees of the Punjab Safe Cities Authority and PPIC3, using a spear-phishing email that impersonated an internal consultant and referred to the Safe Jail Project, a theme designed to appear relevant to […]
“Across Hong Kong, organizations are rethinking how work gets done with agentic AI—moving beyond experimentation to running operations at scale,” said Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft’s Commercial Business. “Frontier Transformation is helping them deliver business impact and measurable outcomes by embedding AI into real workflows, with trust, security, and governance fully integrated throughout.”
Frontier Success Framework: How Microsoft Helps Organizations Scale Agentic AI with Confidence
As AI matures, success is no longer defined by deploying individual tools. At the AI Tour, Microsoft shared its Frontier Success Framework—a practical approach designed to help organizations turn agentic AI into business real, measurable business value. The framework centered on four outcomes: enrich employee experience, reinvest customer engagement, reshape business process, and bend the curve on innovation.
As part of this journey, Microsoft announced that Wave 3 of Microsoft Copilot, delivered through Microsoft 365 E7 (Frontier Suite) will reach general availability in Hong Kong on 1 May 2026. Built on the principles of Intelligence and Trust, Microsoft 365 E7 brings together Microsoft 365 Copilot, Work IQ and Agent 365, alongside enterprise security, identity, and agent governance. By grounding AI in deep work context—understanding how people collaborate, what they work on, and how decisions are made—Work IQ enables Copilot and AI agents to operate with relevance and accuracy. At the same time, Agent 365 provides a centralized control plane to govern agents, while integrated security and governance ensure AI can scale responsibly across the enterprise.
Frontier Success in Action across Hong Kong
Across industries, Hong Kong organizations are already demonstrating what Frontier Success looks like in practice.
AIA –AdvancingAgentic AI Across Its Enterprise: AIA is applying Microsoft’s AI platform to deploy a holistic, agentic AI strategy across its operations. This includes agentic AI supporting product training, lead management and knowledge access, automated claims processing and customer self-service. In addition, a citizen developer program using Copilot Studio to increase productivity. Together, these capabilities enable AIA to reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and scale operational efficiency while meeting the requirements of a highly regulated industry.
AS Watson Group – Driving Scaled AI‑Powered Personalization Across O+O Retail Channels: AS Watson Group has adopted a wide range of AI tools in its Retail HK businesses, including Microsoft Copilot and its AI capabilities across its O+O (Offline plus Online) platform to enhance productivity and decision‑making. Key use cases include AI‑driven product discovery, AI skin analysis, and in‑store personalization to enhance customer engagement, alongside employee‑focused applications such as AI‑enabled store support and AI‑generated marketing content. By scaling generative AI across operations and customer insight analysis, the Group achieves efficiency, effectiveness and cross-team collaboration in its unique O+O business model.
These examples reflect a broader shift across Hong Kong’s business community: organizations are no longer asking whether AI works, but how it should sit inside the operating model to drive meaningful outcomes.
Looking Ahead: Sustaining Frontier Success Through Continuous, Enterprise‑Grade Trust
Microsoft has been part of Hong Kong’s technology and business community for 35 years, supporting enterprises as the city evolves into a hub for innovation and global impact.
“Over the past 35 years, we have had the privilege of supporting Hong Kong through multiple waves of digital transformation. Today, as this momentum carries Hong Kong into the frontier era of AI, where organizations are not just adopting new technologies, but rethinking operating models across the enterprise,” said Leo Liu, General Manager of Microsoft Hong Kong and Macau. “As this frontier journey accelerates, Microsoft is committed to empowering local customers and partners to get ahead in the age of AI while maintaining strong data governance and enterprise‑grade privacy—ensuring human judgment remains firmly in control and enabling Hong Kong to define what Frontier Success looks like on the global stage.”
As AI adoption accelerates, Microsoft emphasized that Frontier Success is not a single milestone, but a continuous transformation—one that requires clarity of purpose, strong governance, and real-world execution. Through its platform, partners, and ecosystem, Microsoft aims to support Hong Kong organizations as they move from experimentation to sustained, responsible AI driven growth.
Hashtag: #Microsoft #AI #FrontierSuccess
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) creates platforms and tools powered by AI to deliver innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers. The technology company is committed to making AI available broadly and doing so responsibly, with a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
Anthropic’s Claude Desktop application for macOS is facing scrutiny after a cybersecurity researcher reported that the app installs a Native Messaging bridge into multiple Chromium-based browsers without a clear consent prompt, widening concern over how AI desktop agents gain access to local systems and browser sessions. Privacy researcher Alexander Hanff published his findings on 18 April 2026 after identifying a manifest file named com. anthropic. claudebrowserextension. json […]
Google has moved to tackle one of enterprise AI’s hardest problems by giving each autonomous software agent its own cryptographic identity, part of a broader Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform unveiled at Cloud Next on 22 April. The idea is straightforward but consequential: every agent action can be tied to a unique, verifiable ID and checked against a defined set of permissions, creating an audit trail designed for […]
Phishing emails with no subject line are being used with growing frequency in campaigns aimed at executives and other high-value staff, adding another layer of deception to a threat landscape already shaped by credential theft, business email compromise and AI-assisted social engineering. CyberProof said its threat hunters tracked a marked rise in “null subject” phishing through the first quarter of 2026, with activity climbing from January to […]
Forza Horizon 6 has reportedly crossed 500,000 pre-sold copies on Steam with about a month still to run before its full launch, a figure that, if borne out, would mark one of the strongest pre-release performances yet for a first-party Xbox racing title on Valve’s platform. The game is officially due on 19 May 2026 for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Steam and Game Pass, with […]
Two separate phishing campaigns are hitting organisations with Formbook, a long-running information stealer that continues to adapt its delivery methods to slip past traditional Windows defences. The latest activity shows attackers pairing ordinary email lures with layered obfuscation, trusted system tools and DLL side-loading, giving a familiar malware family fresh room to operate inside corporate environments. Stealthy Formbook waves target Windows users Security researchers tracking the […]
A legitimate Intel storage utility has been repurposed in a highly targeted malware campaign that uses a little-known. NET mechanism to run hostile code inside a signed executable, giving attackers a quieter path into corporate networks and making detection far harder for many security products. The operation, identified as PhantomCLR, has been observed against financial institutions and other organisations across the Middle East and the wider […]
Anthropic’s Claude Opus has been thrust into a fresh security debate after researcher Mohan Pedhapati said he used the model to help build a working V8 exploit chain that achieved code execution against an outdated Chromium build bundled with Discord. Pedhapati, CTO of Hacktron and known online as s1r1us, said the exercise ran over about a week, consumed 2.3 billion tokens, cost $2,283 in API fees and […]
Enterprises are moving into a more consequential phase of artificial intelligence adoption, one in which software no longer just drafts, suggests or summarises but can carry out multi-step work across finance, customer service, coding, procurement and compliance. That shift is forcing boards, risk teams and technology leaders to rethink an assumption that has shaped enterprise software for decades: if a human still presses the final button, responsibility […]
Microsoft has given its clearest account yet of how it plans to build the next Xbox, saying the teams that make its games are working alongside the engineers shaping Project Helix, the company’s next-generation console. The approach, outlined by Xbox Chief Content Officer Matt Booty, signals a tighter link between hardware and software as Microsoft tries to define what an Xbox machine should be in a market […]
Search poisoning aimed at users looking for the open-source recovery utility TestDisk is being used to slip a trojanised installer on to Windows machines, abuse a Microsoft-signed binary for DLL sideloading and install ConnectWise ScreenConnect, giving attackers remote access under the cover of a legitimate administration tool. The campaign centres on a rogue site, testdisk. dev, that imitates the branding and download flow of the genuine TestDisk […]
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 17 April 2026 – TrendAI™, the enterprise AI security leader from Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), today announced a strategic engagement with Anthropic, embedding Claude models across its platform to power agentic workflows, automation, AI-native security operations, and develop threat research to identify vulnerabilities in AI systems and infrastructure. TrendAI™ will use Claude to advance vulnerability discovery while ensuring coordinated action in real-world risk reduction.
Rachel Jin, Chief Platform and Business Officer, Head of TrendAI™: “We launched TrendAI™ to define the AI security category. This next phase is about scaling that vision globally, with leading partners like Anthropic. Our broad, strategic collaboration across research, defense, and innovation will define how AI is secured moving forward.”
TrendAI™’s use of Claude spans threat research, real-world risk reduction, platform innovation, and global go-to-market execution. This will operate across the full AI security lifecycle, from vulnerability discovery to automated defense and AI-native operations.
Ash Alhashim, Head of Cybersecurity GTM at Anthropic: “For 35 years, TrendAI™ has been at the forefront of cybersecurity. By using Claude to power TrendAI Vision One™ and initiatives like TrendAI™ Zero Day Initiative™ (ZDI) and Pwn2Own, TrendAI™ is advancing the next iteration of vulnerability discovery and reporting—and tilting the scales toward defenders.”
Focus areas include:
Advancing AI Threat Research: TrendAI™ is scaling its threat research to address the growing attack surface of AI, building on proven programs like Pwn2Own Berlin under TrendAI™ ZDI. This approach brings real-world vulnerability discoveries into AI systems, helping identify and address critical weaknesses before it reaches production environments.
Driving AI-Native Innovation: Anthropic’s Claude models will help power TrendAI™’s platform innovation, enhancing agentic workflows, automation, and AI-native security operations. This enables organizations to reduce noise, act faster, and scale security alongside AI adoption.
The announcement comes as TrendAI™ prepares to welcome over 600 cybersecurity leaders to its Spark Leadership Exchange in Phoenix, Arizona in May. Anthropic will join TrendAI™ on stage at the event alongside other industry leaders, reinforcing a shared commitment to shaping the future of AI security and engaging directly with global enterprise leaders.
To learn more about the Spark Leadership Exchange, visit: https://resources.trendmicro.com/spark-leadership-exchange.html
Hashtag: #trendmicro #trendai #trendaivisionone #trendvisionone #visionone #cybersecurity
https://www.trendaisecurity.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/trendai-security
https://x.com/trendaisecurity
https://www.facebook.com/trendaisecurity/
https://www.instagram.com/trendaisecurity/
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
TrendAI™, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, empowers organizations with full AI visibility and consolidated security that inspires confidence, drives innovation, and eliminates risk. Trusted by the largest enterprises and governments across 185 countries, TrendAI™ secures the entire organization, from identities to infrastructure to data. Global Fortune 500 companies rely on TrendAI™ to cut risk and stop threats up to three months earlier, powered by world-leading threat and attack intelligence. Through deep ecosystem partnerships with market leaders like NVIDIA, Anthropic, AWS, Google, and Microsoft, TrendAI™ empowers your organization to securely drive forward at the speed of AI. AI Fearlessly. Learn more at trendaisecurity.com.
Anthropic has rolled out Claude Opus 4.7, an upgraded version of its top broadly available artificial intelligence model, pitching it as a stronger tool for advanced software engineering just days after keeping its more powerful Mythos Preview behind tight access controls because of cyber-risk concerns. The move gives developers a more capable coding model while signalling that Anthropic is trying to balance commercial momentum with a more […]
Cyber attackers are abusing the low-code automation platform n8n to push malware and track targets through phishing emails, in a campaign that security researchers say gathered pace between October 2025 and March 2026 and reflects a broader shift in how legitimate cloud tools are being repurposed for intrusion activity. Cisco Talos said it observed a sharp increase in emails containing n8n webhook links, with March 2026 volumes […]
Attackers are exploiting trust in Adobe’s brand to deliver covert remote access, using a fake Acrobat Reader download page to install ConnectWise ScreenConnect through a fileless, memory-heavy attack chain that is designed to leave few traces on disk and make forensic analysis harder. Security researchers who uncovered the campaign said the operation began with a phishing site made to resemble Adobe’s official software page, where victims were […]
Microsoft’s games division is facing fresh pressure over the cost of Xbox Game Pass after reports said Microsoft Gaming chief Asha Sharma told staff the service had “become too expensive for players”, signalling a possible rethink of one of the company’s most important consumer bets. Sharma’s appointment as executive vice-president and chief executive of Microsoft Gaming was announced by Microsoft on 20 February, giving added weight to […]
