Google’s Cybersecurity Forecast 2026 report highlights a dramatic shift in the cybersecurity landscape, predicting that adversaries will fully operationalize artificial intelligence (AI) in their attacks, leading to faster and more sophisticated cyber threats. A key focus is the rise of prompt injection attacks targeting enterprise AI systems and the use of AI-driven voice cloning in social engineering. Concurrently, defenders are adapting by implementing AI technologies to enhance security measures, transforming the roles of security analysts. The report emphasizes the urgent need for organizations to invest in advanced defensive capabilities and revised security operations to combat increasingly sophisticated threats, particularly from nation-state actors like Russia and China, which have adapted their strategies in response to technological advancements.