
Mandiant tops 2026 incident response retainer ranking
Mandiant leads with guaranteed bench access; Unit 42 offers flexible credits in 2026 IR retainer rankings.
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Mandiant leads with guaranteed bench access; Unit 42 offers flexible credits in 2026 IR retainer rankings.

Mandiant tops for APT depth while CrowdStrike excels in telemetry-accelerated response in 2026 DFIR rankings.

The review weighs SLAs, unused-hour conversion, onboarding and post-acquisition ownership rather than responder reputation alone.

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.

The unpaid review judges platforms on operationalization and flags Mastercard and Securonix ownership as RFP questions.

Editorial scores, not lab tests, place Anomali second and open-source OpenCTI third.

UNC7017 briefly hijacked AOMEI updates to deliver CROSSROAD and SHINYROAD malware.
Huntress describes the first day after ransomware is discovered, citing a 14-day median dwell time and rapid Akira theft.

Kevin Mandia’s Armadin raised $255.5 million at a $2.5 billion valuation for always-on agentic security testing.

Kevin Mandia's AI-native security startup Armadin raised $255.5 million Series B at a $2.5 billion-plus valuation, bringing total funding to $445 million.

Bitget confirms North Korean-linked attackers stole $387.5M via a zero-day in third-party security appliances, deploying web shells and a custom withdrawal tool.

Suspected state-sponsored actors exploited NetScaler zero-day CVE-2026-88772 since early September, affecting dozens of organizations.

Bitget confirms attackers stole $387.5 million using zero-days in two third-party security appliances, deploying web shells and a custom withdrawal tool against hot wallets.

Attackers exploit Citrix NetScaler zero-day CVE-2026-88772 for root access and PHP web shells.

Attackers exploit Citrix NetScaler zero-days and deploy WHIPSHOT and SLAPSHOT for persistent root access.

Suspected state-sponsored actors mass-exploited Citrix NetScaler zero-day CVE-2026-88772 undetected for over three weeks, hitting dozens of organizations.
Unknown attackers exploited critical Citrix NetScaler zero-days CVE-2026-88771/88772 since early September, deploying custom WHIPSHOT and SLAPSHOT malware for persistence and tunneling.

Actively exploited Citrix NetScaler zero-days CVE-2026-88772/88771 give attackers root access; Mandiant uncovers WHIPSHOT web shells and SLAPSHOT tunneler in ongoing campaign.
Mandiant says ShinyHunters is again exploiting unpatched Oracle PeopleSoft flaw CVE-2026-35273, including after workarounds.

Bitget resumed Bitcoin withdrawals after a third-party security product flaw let attackers steal $387.5M in unauthorized transfers from hot/warm wallets.

Kiteworks briefly urged server shutdowns after finding a severe, apparently unexploited Advanced Forms vulnerability.

Bitget says suspected North Korea-linked hackers stole $351.6 million from hot and warm wallets.
Bitget says hackers stole $387.5 million and its CEO links the theft to North Korean groups.
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