Threats Rise on a Tide of Global Unrest

This vendor blog outlines an elevated 2026 threat landscape characterized by sophisticated APT activity (citing Handala and Seedworm), long-term LOTL and backdoor tactics, a newly referenced sabotage framework (Fast16), and an extortion-focused ransomware trend that increasingly leverages supply-chain and legitimate software abuse; the piece is high-level, emphasizes the role of agentic AI in both attacks and defenses, and promotes Symantec CBX as a consolidated mitigation platform.