Recent news should prompt a reevaluation of threat modeling by every IT leader. A Russian hacktivist group has launched sustained DDoS campaigns targeting Olympic infrastructure. In another incident, North Korean operatives infiltrated cryptocurrency firms using deepfake video calls. Additionally, researchers have discovered the first Android malware that employs real-time generative
As this week comes to a close, startling news has emerged that presents a serious challenge to the cybersecurity landscape. Radware has released its 2026 Global Threat Analysis Report, indicating that network-layer DDoS attacks surged by 168.2% year over year, with peak volumes nearing 30 Tbps. Just hours earlier,
A major reminder emerged about the tools that your workforce uses daily—such as web browsers and AI coding assistants. These are precisely the tools that attackers are targeting. Google has confirmed the active exploitation of a critical Chrome zero-day vulnerability, and security researchers have reported the first case of
Every IT budget you planned for 2026 may already be wrong. The artificial intelligence boom that has dominated headlines for three years has quietly created a structural crisis in the global memory supply chain, and this week it stopped being quiet about it. Samsung announced it has shipped the industry&
In the past few years, cybersecurity professionals have warned that artificial intelligence would fundamentally change the threat landscape. On February 12, 2026, that prediction is no longer theoretical. Google's Threat Intelligence Group published findings confirming that state-backed hacking groups from North Korea, China, Iran, and Russia are actively
If you lead an IT organization or security operations center, the headlines of recent weeks should demand your attention — not tomorrow, not next quarter, but now. Microsoft's Patch Tuesday dropped six zero-day vulnerabilities already under active exploitation. At the same time, the same release revealed the first major
The Week Your Network Perimeter Became the Front Page If you're an IT leader who has been deferring that edge device refresh, this week should be your wake-up call. On February 9, 2026, the European Commission and the Dutch government confirmed they had been breached through actively exploited
The Compounding Effect of AI-Powered Threats The 2026 threat landscape is also being reshaped by the rapid adoption of autonomous AI agents in the enterprise. According to research cited in the World Economic Forum's Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026, AI adoption is accelerating faster than security frameworks can adapt,
Your endpoint detection didn't fire a bunch of alerts. Your backup strategy is intact. Your systems are running normally. And yet, your most sensitive data is already being auctioned on the dark web. Welcome to ransomware's quiet evolution: pure exfiltration attacks—campaigns that skip encryption entirely
The tools we deploy to protect our organizations are increasingly becoming the vectors through which attackers breach our defenses. In just two weeks, we've witnessed two significant supply chain compromises that should fundamentally reshape how IT leaders approach software trust: the eScan antivirus update server breach and the
If you deployed AI agents in 2025, congratulations—you've likely introduced the most capable insider threat your organization has ever faced. Recognizing this is crucial for cybersecurity professionals to understand the gravity of the emerging risks. The final week of January 2026 delivered a stark reminder of where
The numbers are in, and they're sobering. Check Point Software's 2026 Cyber Security Report, released January 28, confirms what many IT leaders have suspected: artificial intelligence has fundamentally shifted the threat landscape in favor of attackers, including nation-states and organized cybercriminal groups. With organizations now facing