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This report examines the disaster recovery (DR) readiness across the Acronis Cyber Platform platform, managing thousands of DR deployments across dozens of data centers worldwide. The analysis focuses on Q1 2026 (January – March) and reveals a clear gap between having DR configured and being truly ready for a disaster.

Most IT teams recognize the value of automation, yet in practice, many remain reactive, spending most of their time on tickets and outages rather than building automation. Organizations that benefit most from automation are not necessarily the ones that write the most scripts, but those that treat it as operational infrastructure and manage it with discipline.

The Acronis Cyberthreats Update covers current cyberthreat activity and trends, as observed by Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) and Acronis sensors. Figures presented here were gathered in April 2026 and reflect threats that Acronis detected, as well as news stories from the public domain. This report represents a global outlook and is based on more than one million unique endpoints distributed around the world.

SAP npm packages compromised in supply chain attack to steal developer and cloud credentials, GlassWorm campaign resurfaces via sleeper OpenVSX extensions that activate malicious payloads, and more. Here are the latest threats to MSP security.

Acronis TRU uncovered active abuse of AI platforms like Hugging Face and ClawHub for malware delivery, where attackers exploit trust in AI ecosystems and agents, and potentially trigger further malicious actions through AI-driven workflows.

UNC6692 abused Microsoft Teams interactions to deliver the Snow malware toolkit, Bitwarden confirmed a short-lived supply chain compromise affecting its CLI npm package, and more. Here are the latest threats to MSP security.

Data backup is the last line of defense for any organization. Industry research shows that 60% of small-to-medium enterprises that suffer a major data loss event go out of business within six months. Backup is simultaneously the most critical and most neglected operational function in small-to-medium business IT.