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2026 Threat Hunting Report

Adversaries no longer need malware to compromise an enterprise. A growing share of intrusions are hands-on-keyboard operations in which an attacker signs in with valid credentials, blends into normal administrative activity, and works toward high-value systems before any signature-based control has reason to fire. The 2026 Threat Hunting Report draws on interactive intrusion activity observed across CrowdStrike customer environments to document the tradecraft behind those campaigns, including the initial access methods adversaries favor, the legitimate tools they abuse once inside, and the breakout times defenders are now measured against. Security leaders will find the operational detail needed to prioritize detection engineering, tune response playbooks, and make the case for proactive hunting as a standing capability rather than an occasional exercise.