AI is Transforming Cyber Attacks
The 2026 Cyber Threat Outlook reveals how generative AI is accelerating phishing, reconnaissance, vulnerability exploitation, and social engineering.
- AI enables attackers to rapidly generate convincing phishing campaigns
- Prompt injection attacks can manipulate AI systems into leaking data
- AI tools accelerate vulnerability discovery and exploitation
- Deepfake vishing and AI social engineering are becoming more common
Understand how attackers are weaponizing AI and what security teams should prepare for next with the free 2026 Cyber Threat Outlook report.
AI-Driven Cyber Threats Covered in the Report
Credible phishing content
The rise of prompt injection attacks
AI and ransomware groups
Automating exploitation
Who this AI cybersecurity research helps
Security and IT leaders responsible for protecting their organizations from evolving cyber threats, including:
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CISOs and security leaders: Understand how identity attacks, AI-driven threats, and edge vulnerabilities are evolving.
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IT and infrastructure teams: Learn how attackers exploit VPNs, collaboration tools, and cloud identities.
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Security analysts: Gain insight into real intrusion patterns and emerging attacker techniques.
Built on real threat intelligence
This report draws on frontline investigations, security telemetry, and incident response insights from Field Effect’s global security teams, including:
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Security telemetry from production environments
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Real incident investigations
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Threat intelligence analysis
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Global security expert contributions
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Generative AI is changing how cyber attacks are executed.
This report analyzes how attackers are using AI to automate phishing, exploit vulnerabilities, and scale social engineering attacks.
- How AI enables faster phishing and reconnaissance
- Why prompt injection attacks are emerging threats
- How attackers are automating exploit development
- What security teams must prepare for next
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