Faster attacks and ‘recovery denial’ ransomware reshape threat landscape

A 2026 Mandiant security report shows that attackers are operating faster and more collaboratively, with hand-offs between threat groups now happening in 22 seconds instead of 8+ hours. Attackers are shifting tactics away from email phishing (6% of attacks) toward voice phishing (11%) and other interactive social engineering, while increasingly targeting recovery systems through 'recovery denial' ransomware to prevent organizations from restoring after breaches.