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Securonix Threat Labs Monthly Intelligence Insights | January 2026

Authors: Dheeraj Kumar and Nitish Singh The Monthly Intelligence Insights report provides a summary of top threats curated, monitored, and analyzed by Securonix Threat Labs in January 2026. The report also includes a synopsis of the threats, indicators of compromise (IoCs), tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and related tags. Each threat has a comprehensive summary from Threat Labs and search queries from the Threat Research team.

AI Risk Management: Process, Frameworks, and 5 Mitigation Methods

AI risk management is the process of identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with artificial intelligence systems to ensure they are developed and used responsibly. It involves using frameworks like the NIST AI Risk Management Framework to address technical, ethical, and social challenges, including data bias, privacy violations, and security vulnerabilities.

Amazon EC2 security: How misconfigured and public AMIs expand your cloud attack surface

Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) are templates for launching and scaling Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances. Because Amazon EC2 AMIs are reused across environments and automation pipelines, decisions about how you build, source, manage, and share them directly affect your cloud attack surface.

Prompt Injection Attacks: Why AI Security Starts with IAM

AI agents are rewriting the rules of efficiency, but one hidden flaw could turn them against you. Prompt injection attacks let hackers hijack your AI, steal data, and break safeguards straight through everyday inputs. No code exploit is required, only a clever manipulation. Identity and Access Management (IAM) plays a massive role in AI security to protect at first hand.

Announcing Apono Assistant in Slack: AI-powered access requests where engineers work

Today, we’re excited to announce that Apono Assistant is now available in Slack. Apono Assistant is Apono’s AI-powered access assistant, built to help engineers request the right Just-in-Time access using natural language — especially in the moments where access forms fall short and users aren’t sure what to request. Now, that same AI experience is available directly in Slack, so engineers can get the access they need without leaving the tools they already rely on every day.

MSP trends 2026: Creating opportunities in a difficult market

If managed service providers (MSPs) are going to grow as 2026 rolls on, they’re going to have to overcome both new and familiar obstacles in a tough environment. But there is good news for MSPs that are ready to adapt their business models to new market realities. A recent report from Omdia, MSP Trends and Predictions 2026, lays out clearly why MSPs are more likely to struggle to grow in 2026 than they have in past years.

The MCP Trojan Horse: AI's Hidden Security Risk

The race to adopt AI agents has created a massive, unmonitored blind spot in the enterprise software supply chain. At the heart of this revolution is the Model Context Protocol (MCP) – an open connectivity standard designed to move AI models (LLMs) out of their passive “chat box” and give them direct active access to your company’s internal systems.

Self Employed and Online? Your Tax Setup Might Be Your Weakest Link

If you're a self-employed individual or online business owner, then the upcoming Make Tax Digital for Income Tax is something that you'll certainly want to prioritise. It's a critical business component to have, and there are a lot of people who are currently in this category of workers and aren't aware that this is coming into fruition. Poor tax planning is now the biggest risk for those who own a business and want to sustain it. Here's why your tax setup might be your weakest link and how to strengthen it before MTD comes into action.

Staying Safe and Connected: The Security Side of Off-Grid Technology

Going off the grid used to mean completely disconnecting. No phone signal, no internet, no way to call for help if something went wrong. For remote workers, overlanders, and anyone venturing into isolated areas, that kind of disconnection wasn't just inconvenient. It was a genuine safety risk.

The Mitnick Method: Why a 15-Year old schoolboy can empty your bank account

Picture this: It’s 3pm on a busy Tuesday. Your phone rings, and the caller ID shows your company's main number. "Hi, this is Jake from IT," says a confident voice. "We're seeing some unusual activity on your account and need to verify your password to secure it. Can you help me out real quick?". Sound familiar? Well, this was the exact technique perfected by a teenager named Kevin Mitnick in 1983, long before the internet, smartphones, or even Windows or Linux existed.