Purpose and Scope APT cases disclosed in September 2026 demonstrate that attacks have evolved to exploit the developer ecosystem, cloud services, and network management infrastructure as trust layers. Legitimate software installers, GitHub repositories, Microsoft 365, OneDrive, Telegram, Nostr, routers, and authentication servers were all included in the attack chain. Key Trends Supply chain attacks have […]

Purpose and Scope The August 2026 APT Threat Trends report summarizes attack cases in which state-sponsored threat actors combined attacks involving open-source supply chain compromises, the use of generative AI, the exploitation of legitimate cloud services, job scams, and the exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities. A key finding is the use of GitHub, GitLab, OneDrive, Telegram, […]

Purpose and Scope The July 2026 Threat Trend Report on APT Groups summarizes the trend in which state-sponsored threat actors and financially motivated attackers are employing a combination of supply chain attacks, account takeovers, cloud breaches, and social engineering techniques. Key targets include Microsoft 365, webmail accounts, cloud infrastructure, GitHub and development environments, VPN and […]

Purpose and Scope The June 2026 Threat Trend Report on APT Groups summarizes the trend of state-sponsored threat groups actively incorporating generative AI, cloud services, OAuth tokens, and commercial MaaS (Malware-as-a-Service) platforms into their attack operations. A key finding is that the scope of attacks has expanded beyond traditional Malware infections to include account and […]

Purpose and Scope The May 2026 APT Trends report identified supply chain attacks, developer environment attacks, automated Initial Breach, and exploitation of runtime environments as key developments. Lazarus, Famous Chollima, Gamaredon, MuddyWater, and Nimbus Manticore are of particular concern. Status of Major APT Groups by Region North Korea The Lazarus group exploited Git Hooks (Git […]