What Cybersecurity Leaders Must Prioritize in 2027
Huntress urges leaders to prioritize RMM abuse, AI-enabled crime, social-engineering loaders, and multi-extortion ransomware.
Huntress published a leadership outlook arguing that 2026 threats center on abuse of trusted remote-management tools, AI-enabled crime, social engineering, and patient ransomware. It cites roughly a 277 percent year-over-year jump in RMM abuse, including ScreenConnect, and says more than half of observed loader activity is tied to scams such as ClickFix, fake CAPTCHAs, smishing, and vishing. The piece also describes double and triple extortion replacing spray-and-encrypt ransomware. Much of the article promotes Huntress managed detection, training, identity, and SIEM services.
- Huntress says RMM abuse rose about 277 percent year over year.
- More than half of observed loader activity is tied to social-engineering scams.
- ClickFix and fake CAPTCHA flows trick users into running commands.
- Ransomware groups are described as shifting to slower multi-extortion.
- The piece promotes Huntress EDR, awareness training, ITDR, and SIEM.
From the original article
7 min read at huntress.comThe threat landscape has shifted. Here's what cybersecurity leaders need to know about RMM abuse, AI-powered attacks, ransomware, and identity threats in 2026.
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