The cyber risk landscape for 2026 is heavily influenced by regional conflicts, with PRC actors pre-positioning in critical infrastructure edge devices for strategic leverage. Russian actors are escalating hybrid warfare and OT/ICS disruption across Europe, while Iranian groups have decentralized to conduct wiper attacks and target cloud infrastructure. Concurrently, eCrime actors are exploiting these geopolitical tensions to deploy ransomware and infostealers, increasingly targeting hypervisors and industrial operations.
Hybrid Warfare
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The Escalating Cyber Risk Landscape in Regional Conflicts & Strategic Actions for 2026 Preparing for Russia’s New Generation Warfare in Europe Over the next two years, Russia is expected to escalate its hybrid warfare against NATO into a coordinated New Generation Warfare (NGW) campaign. This strategy integrates cyber operations, physical sabotage, influence campaigns, and airspace/maritime incursions to degrade European critical infrastructure and political unity while remaining below the threshold of conventional armed conflict.
