The alert data has spoken: attackers are spending less time breaking in and more time operating once they're inside. Here's what Critical Start's H1 2026 Cyber Threat Intelligence Report reveals about the shift and what security leaders should do about it.

Critical Start's Cyber Research Unit unpacks the H1 2026 Threat Landscape Report - why "execution" overtook "initial access" as the top MITRE tactic, which industries are trading places on the target list, and how SOC AI helped crack a steganography-based attack.

DPRK operatives are no longer just gaming payroll — they're landing inside source code repositories, production infrastructure, and even a U.S. federal agency, with AI now baked into every stage of the con.

A Black Hat 2026 recap on how security leaders' questions about AI in the SOC have shifted from "what can it do" to "what should it be trusted to do."

A three-week dwell period, 45 encrypted devices, and a backup infrastructure under active destruction — see how Critical Start's SOC isolated the environment and severed C2 in just 7 minutes.

A phishing email, a PowerShell backdoor built to evade detection, and 23 minutes standing between initial access and full containment — see how Critical Start's SOC shut down an advanced C2 channel before it could exfiltrate data.