Kaspersky's Q1 2026 ICS threat landscape report indicates a continued overall decline in malware blocked on industrial automation systems, reaching 19.6%. However, specific regions like Southern Europe and industries like biometric systems saw notable increases in threats, particularly from malicious scripts, phishing, and spyware. The report highlights the persistent risk to OT environments from common threat vectors like internet browsing and email.
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Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. Q1 2026 Evaluating Mexico’s New Cybersecurity Plan Recorded Future's Insikt Group evaluates Mexico's newly published 2025-2030 National Cybersecurity Plan, assessing it against the country's actual threat landscape from 2020-2026. Ransomware is the dominant threat with 223 documented incidents across 64 groups, while financial malware (Mispadu, Grandoreiro, Casabaneiro, Fenix botnet), state-sponsored espionage (TAG-141/FamousSparrow, TGR-STA-1030), hacktivism (Chronus Team, Guacamaya), and organized crime-linked money laundering via Chinese networks compound the risk. The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be an early operational test of Mexico's cyber resilience.
