Orange Cyberdefense’s annual Security Navigator report is now well-established as a barometer of the cyber threat landscape.
The report puts a special emphasis on cyber extortion and cyber crime. But it also stands out for its geographical coverage, paying attention to territories, and threat actors, that over research might overlook.
The report is a significant piece of research, and not something that fits easily into a half-hour podcast episode. None the less, we asked Orange Cyberdefense’s head of security research, Charl van der Walt, to cover the key findings.
In this episode, he discusses how adversaries’ TTPs are largely unchanged year on year, but also how malicious actors, and defenders, are making more use of AI. The bad news is that, for now at least, the AI arms race favours the attackers.
And, as van der Walt points out, AI is also helping threat actors operate in territories that had, so far, largely escaped their attention.
All this is against a background of ongoing geopolitical risk. After 2025’s high-profile incidents, what is the outlook for 2026, and what should security teams prioritise, to strengthen their defences?
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