CrowdStrike 2026 Global Threat Report: Executive Summary

In 2025, adversaries evolved their tradecraft to evade detection better than ever, accelerating attacks with AI, moving across domains, and targeting unmanaged edge devices.

Read the Executive Summary of the CrowdStrike 2026 Global Threat Report for the latest adversary trends and events, including: 

• 27 sec: Fastest eCrime breakout time on record
• 89% increase in attacks by AI-enabled adversaries
• 42% increase in zero-day vulnerabilities exploited prior to public disclosure
• 40% of vulnerabilities exploited by China-nexus threat actors targeted edge devices
• 266% increase in cloud-conscious intrusions by state-nexus threat actors