Spycloud-The-Identity-Security-Reckoning-2026.md

SpyCloud’s 2025 retrospective and 2026 forecast warns that identity misuse will dominate the threat landscape, driven by commoditized cybercrime (MaaS/PHaaS), prolific infostealers and residential proxy ecosystems, MFA bypass and session-hijacking techniques, supply-chain and insider risks, and increasing AI-enabled fraud and synthetic identity schemes; defenders should prioritize holistic identity monitoring, supply-chain controls, detection/remediation, and augmented workflows integrating AI and threat intelligence.