The inaugural QuantNest Threat Landscape report for Q1 2026 is now available. This quarter saw a 400% increase in AI-assisted social engineering, and a dramatic shift in how ransomware operators extort their victims.
Key Findings
- The death of Double-Extortion: Threat actors are moving straight to data-exfiltration and extortion without bothering to encrypt data, saving time and resources.
- AI as an Offensive Multiplier: From writing polymorphic malware variants to deep-fake audio spear-phishing, AI is democratizing the attack lifecycle.
- Cloud Configuration: 72% of reported breaches this quarter originated from poorly configured cloud identity access management (IAM) policies.
Read the full report in our Research Portal.
