Data Overtakes Skills as Top Threat Hunting Challenge, SANS Study Finds

Infosecurity Magazine headlines from September 14–24, 2026 highlight a broad and escalating threat landscape: ransomware and botnet activity, exploitation of zero-days and critical software flaws, leaked credentials and tokens, supply-chain and npm abuse, phishing, Android malware, state-sponsored espionage, AI-enabled attacks and deepfakes, and persistent weaknesses in incident response and network segmentation. Several reports describe active exploitation or significant compromise, including Cisco ISE, WooCommerce, TP-Link cameras, leaked GitHub App keys, and malicious browser extensions.