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Talos IR's Q1 2026 trends report highlights the resurgence of phishing as the primary initial access vector, heavily targeting public administration and healthcare. The quarter saw novel abuses of AI tools like Softr for credential harvesting, the emergence of the Crimson Collective extortion group leveraging valid accounts and TruffleHog, and Rhysida ransomware deploying the MeowBackConn backdoor.
The Talos 2025 Year in Review highlights a dual threat landscape where attackers rapidly exploit newly discovered vulnerabilities like React2Shell while continuing to heavily target legacy flaws in embedded components such as Log4j and PHPUnit. Threat actors are increasingly focusing on identity-adjacent systems and network infrastructure to bypass authentication and segmentation, aided by Agentic AI accelerating exploit development.
The Talos 2025 Year in Review highlights a significant shift towards attackers targeting identity infrastructure and network components to bypass MFA and gain privileged access. Key threats include widespread exploitation of React2Shell, supply chain attacks targeting CI/CD pipelines, and the dominance of Qilin ransomware.
