rapid7-threat-landscape-report-2026.pdf

The Rapid7 2026 Global Threat Landscape Report describes an accelerated attack cycle in 2025 where predictive lead time between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation collapsed, attackers industrialized access through Initial Access Brokers and underground markets, and AI materially compressed reconnaissance, social engineering, and malware workflows; ransomware matured into a speed-optimized, double-extortion economy, APTs pursued embedded pre-positioning and cloud abuse, and defenders must shift from reactive vulnerability remediation to exposure management and AI-augmented detection.