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Threat Landscape: August 2026

07 September 2026

Fenestra TI's Threat Landscape report for August 2026 is now available. Each edition draws on Fenestra's own collection and analysis to give security, risk, and intelligence teams a grounded read on the month's developments across physical and cyber threat domains.

This edition covers:

  • Geospatial & Physical Security — a global view of conflict, violence, terrorism, crime, and activism activity, broken down by event type and by country.
  • Maritime & Aviation — developments affecting shipping and air travel risk, including the ongoing pressure on Red Sea and Horn of Africa routes.
  • Cyber Threat Intelligence — the convergence of state-sponsored and financially-motivated actors on the same narrow set of edge-infrastructure vendors, and what that means for patch prioritisation.
  • Ransomware — the month's leak-site activity, sector and geographic trends.
  • Threat Actor Spotlight: Clop (TA505) — a closer look at Clop's exploitation of edge software vulnerabilities, and why the technique is worth watching beyond this one group.
  • Threat Actor Spotlight: Ansar Allah (the Houthis) — how the group's activity is escalating beyond Yemen, with direct knock-on effects for Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb shipping.

Download the full report (PDF)

Get in touch if you'd like to discuss how these trends apply to your organisation's specific risk profile.