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
Within 48 hours of the tech news, it delivered a stark reminder that cybersecurity threats are evolving on two fronts simultaneously: nation-state actors targeting critical infrastructure and financially motivated groups exploiting identity systems with unprecedented sophistication. Recognizing these recent threats highlights the vital role security leaders play in safeguarding assets
This week brought a stark reminder that even organizations with robust multi-factor authentication can fall victim to social engineering. Three separate campaigns—targeting LastPass users, enterprise identity platforms, and energy sector organizations—demonstrate how attackers are evolving beyond traditional phishing to bypass the security controls we have come to rely
If you patched your Fortinet FortiGate firewalls last month and assumed you were protected, you need to read this immediately. As of January 21, 2026, multiple organizations are reporting that attackers are successfully compromising FortiGate devices that had already been upgraded to address CVE-2025-59718—the critical authentication bypass vulnerability disclosed
The cybersecurity landscape just received two simultaneous wake-up calls. On January 19, 2026, the World Economic Forum released its Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026, revealing that 72% of IT leaders now fear nation-state cyber capabilities could escalate into full-scale cyberwar. The same week, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) published EN