Kasada IQ Analyst
Adversarial AI will become widely deployed—
continuously testing platform defenses, exploiting weaknesses, and sharing evasion intelligence in real time.
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Threat Intelligence Report
AI-driven threats, evolving credential markets, and the continued industrialization of fraud are reshaping the automated threat landscape. This report provides a data-backed analysis of key trends observed in Q1 2026 and what they mean for organizations.
A New Phase of Automated Threats
640x
daily increase in paid AI account demand
564K+
stolen accounts traded in Q1 2026
$1.2M
revenue generated in USD from account sales
AI Has Become Core to Modern Threat Operations
AI now drives automated attacks end to end, turning experimental threats into operational ones.
AI Adoption Has Scaled Rapidly
AI is now a standard component of attacker toolkits, with demand for paid AI accounts rising from 6 per day to 3,845 in Q1 — a 640x increase as adversaries move from experimentation to operation.
Automation Is Easier to Access
KasadaIQ observed a 248% year-on-year increase in AI-related job ads in adversary communities. No-code tools are lowering the barrier to entry, enabling automated attacks at scale.
Coordinated Attack Operations
At scale, attacks are coordinated: 3.4M+ bot checkouts across 122+ brands show operations spanning products, platforms, and markets, and executed with increasing efficiency.
Kasada IQ Analyst
Adversarial AI will become widely deployed—
continuously testing platform defenses, exploiting weaknesses, and sharing evasion intelligence in real time.
Kasada IQ Analyst
Experimentation with fully decentralized architectures
will begin: smart contract escrow, IPFS hosting,
blockchain reputation systems.
Kasada IQ Analyst
Adversarial AI will become widely deployed—
continuously testing platform defenses, exploiting weaknesses, and sharing evasion intelligence in real time.
Kasada IQ Analyst
Experimentation with fully decentralized architectures
will begin: smart contract escrow, IPFS hosting,
blockchain reputation systems.
Kasada IQ Analyst
Adversarial AI will become widely deployed—
continuously testing platform defenses, exploiting weaknesses, and sharing evasion intelligence in real time.
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