Manufacturing surged to #1 most targeted industry in H2 2025, displacing banking and finance. Critical Start's threat intelligence reveals the top threat actors, their TTPs, peak attack windows, and the security gaps exploited by Killin, Akira, and InkRansom.

Threat hunting without lasting detections is wasted effort. Critical Start's principal operations engineer demonstrates how blast radius hunting and threat-informed hunting operationalize into the 'signal lifecycle'—from alert investigation to continuous deployment across all customer environments

Handala wiped 200,000 Stryker devices in a single night using a compromised Intune admin credential—no malware required. Critical Start breaks down the attack, threat actor profile, and the six immediate actions your organization must take.

Iranian-linked Handala attackers wiped Stryker's global device fleet using a single compromised cloud admin credential. Learn the attack chain, IOCs, and 72-hour mitigations for Intune, Azure AD, and VPN security.

Following Operation Epic Fury on February 28, 2026, Iranian-aligned cyber actors are expected to escalate retaliatory attacks within days to weeks. Critical Start's CRU assesses medium-to-high confidence of disruptive operations targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, with MuddyWater, Pioneer Kitten, and Nimbus Manticore leading the charge.

Manufacturing dethroned Banking and Finance as the #1 targeted industry in H2 2025. Critical Start's Cyber Research Unit analyzed 1,000+ high-severity alerts to reveal why threat actors are shifting targets, how they're 'logging in' instead of breaking in, and the containment-first defense strategy that works.