The 2026 Annual Threat Report Breakdown, Part 1 — How AI Contributes to Attacker Speed, and the Malware That's Winning

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of AI on attacker speed and highlights key findings from the 2026 Annual Threat Report.

Resources: https://linktr.ee/ReliaQuestShadowTalk Join hosts Brandon and John as they discuss: How attacker breakout times dropped to as little as 4 minutes Why ClickFix surged 200%Why behavioral detection is criticalJohn Dilgen: Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst at ReliaQuest, where he specializes in researching cyber threats impacting ReliaQuest customers. With a strong technical background, he previously served as an Incident Response Analyst and Trainer at ReliaQuest. Brandon Tirado:...

People in this episode

Guest: John Dilgen

Topics covered

• AI
• cybersecurity
• malware
• threat intelligence

Keywords

• attacker breakout times
• ClickFix
• behavioral detection

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Products: ClickFix

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