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Comcast Business 2026 Cybersecurity Threat Report: 79.3 Billion Events Show AI Pressurizing the Threat Landscape

$CMCSAPress releaseOct 5, 2026, 10:00 AM ETRead the release

Comcast Business released its fourth annual Cybersecurity Threat Report, analyzing 79.3 billion security events detected across its customers between March 2025 and February 2026. The report highlights AI accelerating the threat landscape, with phishing (25.4B events) and drive-by compromise (21.9B) the top techniques, and identity compromise via stolen credentials and non-human accounts as the focal defense challenge.

Key figures

Ddos events
57000
Active scans
288.9 million
Phishing events
25.4 billion
Connected devices
1.2 billion
Cyber events analyzed
79.3 billion
Daily threats blocked
30 million
Initial access events
47.9 billion
Browser access attempts
5.8 million
Drive by compromise events
21.9 billion
Resource development events
5.2 billion

AI analysis

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