THE 2026 LUMEN DEFENDER THREATSCAPE REPORT Executive Summary

THE 2026 LUMEN DEFENDER THREATSCAPE REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Why Visibility at Breach Misses the Plot

Modern cyber threats are built long before they are launched.

Threat actors are assembling infrastructure, exploiting exposed edge devices, leveraging generative AI, and using resilient proxy networks before their operations ever reach the enterprise perimeter.

Discover the threat trends shaping 2026 and how security teams can detect and disrupt adversarial activity earlier.

Inside the 2026 Executive Summary

2025: Year in Review

Understand how attackers changed their infrastructure, automation, targeting, and evasion strategies.

2025’s Most Wanted

Explore the largest threat families observed through Black Lotus Labs’ global telemetry.

2026 Threat Predictions

See the four shifts Lumen expects to define the threat landscape.

Defense Guidance

Learn how security teams can move from reactive detection toward earlier infrastructure awareness and disruption.

The Lumen Perspective

Understand how global internet visibility and Black Lotus Labs research can provide an upstream view of adversarial infrastructure.

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