In-depth threat intelligence reading—curated links to industry research you can pair with our API and data.
Essential reading for DNS security and threat intelligence professionals
Data-driven view of threats that defined 2025 and trends shaping 2026—including a sharp rise in daily threats, abusive new domains, and AI-assisted campaigns—with takeaways for DNS filtering and MSPs.
SOC-sourced analysis of identity-driven intrusions, AI-scaled ransomware, ecosystem collaboration, and SaaS supply-chain abuse—mapping 2025 activity to defensive priorities for 2026.
Curated whitepapers from leading cybersecurity organizations
Large-scale study of newly observed domains and DNS-born threats (including AI-driven abuse)—still the flagship quantitative DNS landscape reference pending a full 2026 edition.
Google Cloud Threat Intelligence on threats and defensive shifts anticipated for 2026 across cloud, identity, and AI-enabled attack chains.
ISACA guidance on how deferred fixes, shadow adoption, and weak governance compound risk—plus the Security Debt Index (SDI) to measure and reduce exposure.
CISA’s multi-year cybersecurity goals—cyber defense, risk reduction, and operational collaboration—through the end of FY2026.
How CISA aligns global partnerships with integrated cyber defense and critical-infrastructure resilience through 2026.
Infoblox leaders on AI-enabled threats, cybercrime-as-a-service, protective DNS expectations, and DNS’s role in enterprise resilience for the year ahead.
Bitdefender’s monthly ransomware and extortion debrief with DLS trends, group activity, and geopolitical cyber operations context.
NIST NCCoE practice guide: reference ZTA builds, use cases, and lessons learned for hybrid cloud and workforce access.
CISA “Journey to Zero Trust” guidance on planning microsegmentation aligned to the ZTMM network pillar.
CISA’s report to Congress on federal Zero Trust Architecture progress, challenges, and support to agencies.
SANS perspectives on cloud and AI-era Zero Trust with practitioner contributions on enterprise rollout.
CISA assessment of CPG adoption across thousands of critical infrastructure organizations using vulnerability-exposure evidence.
Federal CISO Council strategies for data-centric controls within a Zero Trust program.
Survey of ransomware frequency, AI use by attackers and defenders, extortion trends, and identity-centric countermeasures—still widely cited entering 2026.
We surface the most relevant cybersecurity whitepapers and research from trusted organizations. Pair external research with our threat intelligence database to validate findings against live malicious IP and domain signals.
Every resource is selected for practical value—so security leaders can justify roadmap and budget decisions with evidence, not hype. Explore plans and pricing when you are ready to operationalize intelligence in your stack.
The threat landscape shifts constantly. Our list emphasizes DNS-based threats, ransomware evolution, Zero Trust implementation, AI attack surfaces, and infrastructure resilience—topics that map directly to SOC and engineering priorities.
Use these reports alongside blocklist and enrichment data to turn research into detection rules, hunting hypotheses, and executive briefings.
From first playbook to a mature threat intelligence program, curated reading accelerates alignment across security, IT, and leadership. Frameworks and case studies here complement hands-on work with APIs and automation.
When you need to go from reading to doing, compare tiers and scale coverage as your use cases grow—from phishing prevention to fraud and brand protection.
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