2026 ranking puts Recorded Future first among CTI providers
Mandiant and CrowdStrike place second and third; Kaspersky is flagged as jurisdiction-gated for Western buyers.
Mandiant and CrowdStrike place second and third; Kaspersky is flagged as jurisdiction-gated for Western buyers.
The unpaid comparison maps each provider to the question it answers best and flags Kaspersky for US and allied procurement bans.
Kaspersky says over 2500 AI-related vulnerabilities have been published since 2025 and its products can now block or monitor agents like Claude and Codex.
Microsoft says NeedyMantis malware maintained long-term access after targeted network breaches.
Microsoft details NeedyMantis, modular post-compromise malware used in targeted intrusions linked to China-based operators.
Kaspersky reports MacSync’s new macOS chain uses native loaders, iCloud staging, an infostealer, and a persistent backdoor.
MacSync, a crypto/info stealer with a backdoor module, was spotted in the wild in September 2026 with new binary payload delivery methods.
Chrome 154 patches 108 vulnerabilities, including critical memory-safety flaws in ANGLE, GPU, and WebGL that could enable code execution.
WordPress 7.1.2 fixes a critical unauthenticated path traversal flaw (CVE-2026-87902) that could allow remote code execution.
OpenAI's ChatGPT Computer History feature creates a new data theft risk by storing user activity in readable Markdown files accessible to malware.
OpenAI's new ChatGPT 'Computer History' feature for macOS logs user actions in unencrypted text, creating a high-value target for infostealers.
Researcher Chaotic Eclipse published BigDiskBuster, a PoC that blocks Microsoft Defender signature and platform updates.
NightEagle espionage group used GhostContainer, BlueKeep exploitation, and DCSync attempts to compromise Russian organizations and target Active Directory controllers.
PAYLOAD ransomware abused Active Directory Group Policy to disrupt a Windows domain without using file encryption.
Kaspersky details PAYLOAD ransomware operators abusing Active Directory GPOs for encryptionless extortion at a Middle East manufacturer, exfiltrating data published on the dark web.
Kaspersky reports the NightEagle espionage group (APT-Q-95) expanded from China-focused targets to Russian companies, backdooring Microsoft Exchange servers with GhostContainer using stolen VPN credentials.
Poisoned movie torrents deliver MovieReaper malware using Solana blockchain for resilient C2, infecting several hundred victims across multiple continents.
Check Point fixes critical unauthenticated RCE CVE-2026-91843 in Security Management; Tanium and Kaspersky also patch product vulnerabilities.
Kaspersky reports MovieReaper malware distributed via compromised torrent repository itorrents.org, using Solana blockchain for resilient C2 across four continents.
Kaspersky uncovers MovieReaper, a multi-stage malware framework spread via compromised itorrents.org torrent files, hitting hundreds of users.
NightEagle (APT-Q-95) breached Russian firms using stolen VPN credentials, a GhostContainer Exchange backdoor, Dev Tunnels abuse, and DCSync.
Kaspersky links NightEagle (APT-Q-95) intrusions in Russia to stolen VPN credentials, the GhostContainer Exchange backdoor, and Microsoft Dev Tunnels abuse.
Kaspersky links NightEagle (APT-Q-95) intrusions in Russia to stolen VPN credentials, the GhostContainer Exchange backdoor, BlueKeep exploitation, and covert tunneling for espionage.
Kaspersky details NightEagle, Hacking Cat, and Toy Ghouls targeting Russian enterprises with Exchange backdoors, Gorilla RAT, and destructive Monkey ransomware.
Kaspersky links NightEagle (APT-Q-95) attacks on Russian firms to compromised VPN credentials, a GhostContainer Exchange backdoor, RDP tunneling, BlueKeep exploitation, and DCSync.
Cyber Security News ranks 2026 server security platforms, favoring Trend Micro for hybrid estates, CrowdStrike for detection, Defender for Azure economics.
A comparison of 12 mobile threat defense vendors highlights Zimperium's on-device detection and notes Kaspersky's US exit and Wandera's Jamf absorption.
A 2026 roundup of ten endpoint encryption products argues the engines are solved and buyers should choose management layers like Intune, Sophos, or Trellix.
Researcher Nightmare Eclipse released ShieldCrash, a Microsoft Defender zero-day PoC that bypasses September patches and reads files as SYSTEM.
Researcher Chaotic Eclipse released FalconFlank, a PoC zero-day privilege escalation exploit against CrowdStrike Falcon's Microsoft Office macro removal feature.
Iran-linked Mirage Kitten targets software engineers with fake LinkedIn recruiter coding tests deploying new NodeRabbit and PollCat RATs.
Researcher Chaotic Eclipse released ShieldCrash, a PoC showing Microsoft Defender's CVE-2026-69414 patch is incomplete, enabling arbitrary file reads as SYSTEM.
Researcher Chaotic Eclipse released a PoC showing CVE-2026-69414's patch is bypassable, allowing arbitrary file reads as SYSTEM on current Windows.
Researcher Chaotic Eclipse released GreenSection, a PoC exploiting an unpatched out-of-bounds write in NVIDIA Windows user-mode shared memory.
Researcher Chaotic Eclipse released GreenSection, a PoC exploit for an NVIDIA Windows user-mode shared-memory flaw enabling out-of-bounds writes and potential dwm.exe compromise.
Researcher Nightmare Eclipse released working zero-day PoCs for Avast, CrowdStrike Falcon, and Nvidia, prompting a Gen patch, CrowdStrike mitigation, and Nvidia investigation.
Researcher NightmareEclipse published FalconFlank, a zero-day local privilege escalation in CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor abusing its Office malicious macro remediation feature.
Security Affairs weekly newsletter round 593 linking to dozens of stories across breaches, ransomware, malware, APTs, and AI security news.
Rapid7 found a new backdoor, ted, compiled into trojanized HAProxy at two South Korean organizations, with medium-confidence attribution to North Korean actors.
Kaspersky tracks ransomware group Toy Ghouls deploying new custom backdoors, mqtt-bird-agent and matrix-bird-agent, using HiveMQ MQTT and Element as C2 channels.
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