KasadaIQ - Considerations for Defenders
Q2 2026 Threat Intelligence Report
Explore the Q2 2026 threat intelligence landscape: AI-accelerated fraud, credential markets, and adversary economics — and how our 2026 predictions are tracking
Q2 2026 Update
Threat Intelligence Report
An AI model beat a commercial licensing system in under five hours, for $3.88. KasadaIQ's Q2 2026 report breaks down what's driving that cost down — and what security and fraud teams need to do about it.
AI went from adversary experiment to adversary infrastructure in Q2.
AI Re-Equipped the Adversary. It Didn't Create a New One.
KasadaIQ - Considerations for Defenders
Prioritize the human-plus-AI risk surface, the immediate threat is humans re-tooling with AI at speed.
KasadaIQ - Considerations for Defenders
Plan for fraud enabling as a permanent condition, the real leverage sits at the infrastructure and payment-rail layers.
KasadaIQ - Considerations for Defenders
Prioritize the human-plus-AI risk surface, the immediate threat is humans re-tooling with AI at speed.
KasadaIQ - Considerations for Defenders
Break solutions faster than operators can re-rent them; resets degrade service across the whole buyer tier.
KasadaIQ - Considerations for Defenders
Prioritize the human-plus-AI risk surface, the immediate threat is humans re-tooling with AI at speed.
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Q3 2026 Threat Intelligence Report
In Q3 2026, a cluster of criminal marketplaces collapsed and tracked listings still rose 52% as sellers rebuilt elsewhere. Identity data exposed in 40+ incidents fed a market where every input to a KYC check is for sale, and AI lowered the cost of each stage of the attack. The holiday season will start well before Black Friday.
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Q2 2026 Threat Intelligence Report
Explore the Q2 2026 threat intelligence landscape: AI-accelerated fraud, credential markets, and adversary economics — and how our 2026 predictions are tracking
