Xygeni Releases New Report on Application Security Attack Trends for 2026, Highlighting AI as a Core Execution Layer

Madrid, Spain. January 2026, Xygeni announces the release of its latest research report, New Application Security Attack Trends for 2026, an in-depth analysis of how artificial intelligence is reshaping application security and software supply chain attacks.

AI has become a core execution layer in modern software delivery. In 2026, it will also be one of the primary forces shaping how supply chain attacks are designed, scaled, and sustained. This report analyzes how attackers exploited automation, trust, and AI-driven workflows throughout 2025, and why these patterns now define the AppSec threat model for 2026. Rather than relying on zero-days or novel exploits, attackers increasingly abused legitimate workflows, automated pipelines, and inherited trust. The report shows how AI accelerated these dynamics, enabling attacks to operate at machine speed while blending into normal development and delivery processes.

What the Report Covers

The New Application Security Attack Trends for 2026 report provides a clear, evidence-based view of the structural changes shaping modern application security, including:
- How AI changed the economics of supply chain attacks
From high-volume malicious packages to autonomous, agent-driven campaigns that scale without continuous human control.
- Why traditional AppSec signals failed in 2025
CVEs, severity scores, and static analysis repeatedly missed attacks that abused trust and automation instead of exploiting vulnerabilities.
- How persistence shifted from access to artifacts
Why is compromising the build once enough to create long-lived downstream risk through trusted artifacts, caches, and releases?
- What attackers optimized, and will continue to optimize in 2026
Speed, scale, legitimacy, automation, and inherited trust across code, pipelines, and distribution systems.
- The strategic and defensive shifts required for modern AppSec teams
Moving from issue-centric security workflows to system-level control of execution and trust.

Redefining the AppSec Threat Model for 2026

The report concludes that AI does not simply introduce new attack techniques; it changes how risk propagates across the software delivery lifecycle. As automation and AI-driven systems become embedded in development environments, CI/CD pipelines, and distribution channels, trust decisions are executed faster than traditional security controls can evaluate them. Understanding these dynamics is critical for AppSec and DevSecOps teams preparing for 2026.

Download the full report (https://xygeni.io/resources/download-report-new-application-security-attack-trends-for-2026/) to understand how AI changes the AppSec threat model, and what to do about it.

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About Xygeni

Xygeni is an AI-powered application security platform designed for modern, AI-first software delivery. It secures the software supply chain end to end by detecting, prioritizing, and safely remediating real risks across source code, open-source dependencies, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and build artifacts without the complexity of fragmented AppSec tools. By unifying core AppSec capabilities into a single, execution-aware platform governed by its DevAI engine, Xygeni allows DevSecOps teams to control AI-driven automation, reduce software supply chain risk, and deliver secure software at scale.

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