The security industry has built robust defenses to protect payloads, URLs, and domains. But adversaries have adapted, exploiting a systemic visibility gap at the foundation of internet connectivity. And with agentic AI, adversaries are no longer just faster — they are automating the entire attack lifecycle.
In this new report, Unit 42® threat researchers expose the mechanics of these evasive tactics and outline the architectural mandate required to stop them.
Download the report to discover:
The Invisible Kill Chain: How 1 in 4 malware connections now bypasses traditional web and DNS inspection entirely.
The Intelligence Deficit: Why half of malicious IP addresses used for direct-to-IP evasion are absent from open-source threat feeds, leaving organizations with a massive window of exposure.
AI-Powered Evasion: How adversaries use AI to scale transient IP addresses and weaponize shared infrastructure to camouflage their attacks.
The New Architectural Blueprint: How CISOs need to rethink prevailing assumptions and shift their defenses towards real-time verification at the connection layer.
