<div class="block-paragraph_advanced"><p><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">Every year, the cyber threat landscape forces defenders to adapt to evolving adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). In 2025, Mandiant observed a clear divergence in adversary pacing that closely aligns with the trends we have been </span><a href="http://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence"><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">documenting for defenders</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"> over the past year. On one end of the spectrum, cyber criminal groups optimized for immediate impact and deliberate recovery denial. On the other end, sophisticated cyber espionage groups and insider threats optimized for extreme persistence, utilizing unmonitored edge devices and native network functionalities to evade detection.</span></p> <p><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">Today, we release M-Trends 2026. Grounded in over 500,000 hours of frontline incident investigations conducted by Mandiant globally in 2025, this report provides a definitive look at the TTPs actively being used in breaches today.</span></p></div> <div class="block-aside"><dl> <dt>aside_block</dt> <dd><ListValue: [StructValue([(&#x27;title&#x27;, &#x27;M-Trends 2026 is available!&#x27;), (&#x27;body&#x27;, <wagtail.rich_text.RichText object at 0x7f73ed743ee0>), (&#x27;btn_text&#x27;, &#x27;Download now&#x27;), (&#x27;href&#x27;, &#x27;https://cloud.google.com/security/resources/m-trends?utm_source=cgc-blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=FY26-Q1-GLOBAL-STO89-website-dl-dgcsm-mtrends26-162712&amp;utm_content=-&amp;utm_term=-&#x27;), (&#x27;image&#x27;, <GAEImage: m-trends blog callout>)])]></dd> </dl></div> <div class="block-paragraph_advanced"><h3><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">By the Numbers: M-Trends 2026</span></h3> <p><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">The metrics in this year's report highlight how adversaries are shifting their

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