Business Wire·Nov 10, 2026, 8:30 AM ET

Latest Lumen Report: Cyber Threats Are Moving Faster, Bouncing Back Stronger

Lumen Technologies released the 2026 CISO Update to its Threatscape Report, highlighting accelerated threat actor speed, scale, & resilience in the first half of 2026.
Attackers exploited a newly disclosed vulnerability within 24 hours & deployed over 100 attack servers within 72 hours.
AI & automation reduced the time between vulnerability discovery & exploitation, with a campaign launching 65 million attacks against 10,000+ Fortinet devices in three weeks.
Black Lotus Labs detected nearly 4,000 brute force attacks & exploit scanners daily on average, targeting exposed internet-facing equipment regardless of ownership.
Criminal infrastructure became regenerative, with proxy-device recruitment activity quadrupling & the IPIdea network rebuilding to 112% of its prior size in under six months.
Lumen's backbone visibility allowed detection of exploitation campaigns more than three weeks before public vulnerability disclosures.
Black Lotus Labs leverages visibility into 99% of public IPv4 addresses to identify threats 3 to 21 days sooner than other feeds.
The report emphasizes that reducing exposure & identifying malicious activity earlier in the attack cycle are critical for security leaders.