The 2026 Global Threat Landscape Report
Fortinet’s 2026 Global Threat Landscape Report is produced by FortiGuard Labs and delivers a data-driven analysis of how cybercrime has evolved into a fully industrialized system operating at machine speed.
Drawing on telemetry from millions of global sensors throughout 2025, the report documents 640 billion reconnaissance events, nearly 122 billion exploitation attempts (up 25% year-over-year), 4.62 billion stealer logs traded on the darknet (up 79%), and 7,831 confirmed ransomware victims — a 389% increase over 2024.
Speed is now the defining threat variable, not attacker sophistication: time-to-exploit has compressed to same-day or next-day windows, credential theft now fuels a continuous underground supply chain, and cloud intrusions increasingly leverage valid identities rather than traditional exploits.
The Threat Landscape Report is structured around Fortinet’s SecOps Kill Chain framework, mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, and tailored for SOC, DFIR, and CISO audiences seeking actionable intelligence on exposure management, detection prioritization, and automated response.
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