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Summary: Talos released its Q2 2026 Incident Response Trends report, which found phishing drove over half of all engagements, with attackers using QR codes and platforms like ARToken to bypass multi-factor authentication. The report also found ransomware operators increasingly weaponizing legitimate remote management tools such as MeshAgent and Zoho Assist to establish persistent access, alongside continued targeting of health care and public administration.
What you should know: Phishing accounted for more than half of the engagements Talos responded to, and attackers are defeating standard email gateways and basic MFA by hiding inside trusted tools and cloud infrastructure - which is why the report calls for phishing-resistant FIDO2 or hardware keys and at least 90 days of centralized log retention.
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