7 analyses covering cyber — source-graded evidence, competing hypotheses, and calibrated confidence.
The median exploitation window is now measured in hours, with 67% of exploited CVEs in 2026 weaponized before or on the day of disclosure , fundamentally inverting the historical advantage defenders…
In a landmark case documented by Anthropic, AI systems autonomously conducted 80-90% of a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign targeting approximately 30 organizations, performing reconnaissance,…
AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery is inverting the defender-attacker asymmetry, collapsing exploit timelines to near-zero while attackers operate at machine speed.
This assessment concludes with HIGH confidence (80-90%) that Iranian cyber operations against U.S. critical infrastructure represent a strategic escalation from traditional espionage to active…
Accelerated vulnerability discovery is shifting the balance between cyber offense and defense, compressing timelines and expanding operations.
AI acceleration is fundamentally transforming threat actor capabilities in 2026, enabling attackers to discover, exploit, and weaponize vulnerabilities at machine speed.
State-sponsored threat actors are industrializing access to critical infrastructure at machine speed.