--- title: 2H 2025 CyOps ECHO Report description: Frontline findings from Cynet’s global security operations center and threat intelligence teams. image: https://go.cynet.com/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-02-18%20at%209.15.54%20PM.png --- [![Cynet Logo](https://www.cynet.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Cynet_Logo_Dark-ran98v077f10fndpxr0xlwpxpz8adxxhbu64jr17mg.png)](https://www.cynet.com/) Report # CyOps Examination of Cyber Hostility and Operations: 2H 2025 ### Frontline findings from Cynet’s global security operations center and threat intelligence teams. There’s never been a more critical time for CISOs and MSPs to understand where gaps exist in their environment and take proactive measures to prepare to defend against increasingly sophisticated attacks. The 2H 2025 CyOps ECHO Report shows how modern breaches exploit identity, sessions, and trusted tools instead of vulnerabilities, and why security that relies primarily on prevention can’t keep up. Real incident response investigations revealed the depth of the new reality: exploitation now happens in days, not months, and attackers succeed by abusing legitimate access rather than breaking controls. **Real Attacks You’ll See Inside the Report** - Extortion-Only Ransomware: Attackers skip encryption and go straight to data theft - Ransomware Persistence After Recovery: Adversaries remain active even after systems are restored - Firewall Exploitation + Living-off-the-Land: Legitimate admin tools used for stealth lateral movement - Microsoft Teams Social Engineering: Users grant remote access during trusted collaboration sessions **What You’ll Learn** - How attackers bypass MFA using session and OAuth abuse - Why ransomware no longer needs encryption to cause impact - How infostealers became the primary initial access vector - What machine-speed response actually means for 2026   *The findings in this report reflect the research of the [CyOps Threat Intelligence](https://www.cynet.com/platform/cyops/) team throughout 2025. Cynet’s team of CyOps Threat Researchers monitor, document, and communicate directly with partners and security teams on the most critical vulnerabilities and active threats observed in customer environments. Cynet partners and customers can get access to proactive threat hunting, incident response, attack investigation, threat intelligence reporting, and 24x7 remediation guidance and more.* Backed by the industry, loved by customers. ![](https://go.cynet.com/hubfs/MITRE_ATTACK-Evals_new_logo.svg) ### Outstanding results in 2025 Mitre ATT&CK Evaluations 100% Detection Visibility 100% Technique-Level Coverage 100% Protection [Learn More](https://www.cynet.com/mitre-attck-results/) ![](https://www.cynet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/G2-tags-Winter2025.svg) ### Top-tier performance according to our users 98% score for Real-Time Detection 97% score for 24/7 support 97% score for Automated Remediation [Learn More](https://www.g2.com/products/cynet-360-autoxdr/reviews) ![](https://www.cynet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/gartner_svg.svg) ### Recommended by 95% Overall 4.8/5 Rating Product capabilities 4.8/5 Rating Ease of deployment 4.8/5 Rating [Learn More](https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/extended-detection-and-response/vendor/cynet) --- Copyright © 2026 Cynet [Terms](https://www.cynet.com/eula/) [Privacy](https://www.cynet.com/privacy-policy/) - [![facebook social media account](https://www.cynet.com/wp-content/themes/cynet/assets/images/homepage-lp/facebook-logo.png)](https://www.facebook.com/CynetSecurity/) - [![in social media account](https://www.cynet.com/wp-content/themes/cynet/assets/images/homepage-lp/in-logo.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cynet-security/) - [![twitter social media account](https://www.cynet.com/wp-content/themes/cynet/assets/images/homepage-lp/twitter-logo.png)](https://x.com/cynet_security)