CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. published its 2026 Global Threat Report, warning that AI is accelerating cyber adversaries and expanding the enterprise attack surface. The report says average eCrime breakout time fell to 29 minutes in 2025, with the fastest observed at 27 seconds, while attackers increasingly exploit trusted identities, SaaS and cloud infrastructure to blend into normal activity. CrowdStrike also reported a sharp rise in AI-driven operations, including malicious prompt injection at more than 90 organizations and growing zero-day and cloud exploitation.

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