80% Of Att&Ck Mitre Techniques Now Dedicated To Evasion And Persistence
Security Boulevard, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
Defenders might be bummed, but not surprised, to know that adversaries have shifted from immediate disruption to long-lived access, according to research from Picus Labs.
The Red Report 2026-The Top 10 Most Prevalent Att&Ck Mitre Techniques, which analyzed more than 1.1 million malicious files and mapped upwards of 15.5 million adversarial actions in 2025, noted that while for a decade 'the primary concern for CISOs was business interruption caused by ransomware,' but this year's findings showed 'the risk profile has inverted.'
The researchers 'observed a 38% decline in Data Encrypted for Impact, replaced by a massive surge in techniques designed for invisibility and espionage,' which confirms 'a critical evolution in the threat landscape.' Process Injection dominates, meaning that 'attackers are prioritizing dwell time over destruction' with 'the goal no longer to crash your systems, but to inhabit them unnoticed.'