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New · Research1 January–27 October 2026

Cybercrime Report 2026.

Eight chapters read what Brandefense Blackhole, our cybercrime database, collected this year. Each chapter counts a different unit. Each one also says what that unit cannot show.

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01 · Ransomware33 of 177Groups with claims in eight or more months 02 · Fraud831 of 2,448Retained financial-account posts match one narrow recruitment signature (33.9%) 03 · Data Breach & Leaks63%Of Blackhole-collected posts that mention "data breach" are news retellings, not leak posts 04 · Stolen Accounts & Combolists6.3%Of hand-read Botnet Log posts are strict stealer-log clouds (weighted estimate) 05 · Infostealers97.5%Of January-April raw "stealer" keyword posts carried one brand's notification template 06 · Initial Access Offers38.2% → 4.9%Share of posts under Blackhole's "Initial Access Selling" label that were access offers: 1 Jan–31 Aug vs 12 Sep–27 Oct 2026 07 · Exploits, Tooling & AI37 of 93Exploit seller posts using the word 0-day that were coded as unnamed-exploit claims 08 · Hacktivism & DDoS578Distinct NoName057(16) DDoS claim events (1 Jan–27 Oct 2026), carrying 2,920 claimed target entries

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Threat Intelligence ResearchesOct 26, 2026 CVE Statistics 2026: 86,533 Records So Far and What Is Driving Them NVD lists 86,533 CVEs published in 2026 by 25 October, against 48,151 in all of 2025. See the numbers, the drivers and how to triage. Security NewsOct 26, 2026 Fortinet Critical Vulnerability Fixes: What to Patch Before 10 November Security NewsOct 26, 2026 Mythos 5 Posed as a Contributor: What the AISI Test Incident Means for Maintainers Security NewsOct 26, 2026 Capcom ID Breach: What 11.8 Million Records Let Attackers Do Security NewsOct 26, 2026 Is Tailscale Safe? Six Checks to Run on Your Own Tailnet Today

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