The September NYS Intelligence Center Cyber Analysis Unit spotlight summary had some disturbing ransomware news that validated some things I have been saying for quite some time: “Automation is the most adopted and effective factor: 80% of the RaaS groups analyzed have some automation and AI in their platforms.

The Acture October 2025 Cybersecurity Update provides a comprehensive briefing on the rapidly intensifying cybersecurity threat landscape and the real‑world attacks that impacted organizations over the past year. The presentation outlines how AI‑driven threats, adversary‑in‑the‑middle techniques, malicious browser extensions, and stolen MFA session tokens have made traditional defenses insufficient.