There are some articles listed from the Author Georg Lanzinger.
APT Threat Landscape H1 2026: How AI Is Reshaping State-Sponsored Cyber Espionage
In the first half of 2026, advanced persistent threat (APT) groups linked to China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran significantly upgraded their operations. Artificial intelligence is no longer experimental — it has become an operational component across the attack chain. Generative AI and autonomous agents now help refine malware, accelerate reconnaissance, and even conduct lateral movement with limited human oversight.
Regional Strategies
China – The State-Directed Scaler
China-nexus groups integrated AI most aggressively. Earth Krahang turned a public exploit into a mass scanner. Earth Naga used AI to build a backdoor loader, while another actor deployed an autonomous agent for network scanning, credential theft, and lateral movement. Several groups hid C2 traffic inside Microsoft 365 drafts and blockchain transactions, sometimes combined with BYOVD rootkits that disabled endpoint detection at the kernel level.
North Korea – The Theft-Funded Climber
DPRK-linked actors stayed focused on revenue generation. BlueNoroff compromised a high-profile open-source maintainer and distributed a remote access trojan via a package with over 100 million weekly downloads. Other clusters stole hundreds of millions from DeFi protocols. Limited by sanctions, they rely heavily on foreign servers and commercial AI models.
Russia – The Militarizer Under Constraints
Russian-aligned groups operated with speed and stealth. Pawn Storm quickly weaponized a fresh Office zero-day against defense targets. Turla converted its Kazuar toolkit into a low-profile botnet. Actors continued exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities and used disposable paste sites for infrastructure.
Iran and Others – The Off-the-Shelf Escalator
Iranian activity blurred espionage and cybercrime. Groups deployed reusable malware against operational technology, including fuel systems. MuddyWater mixed custom tools with rented criminal backdoors and resolved C2 via public blockchain queries. Researchers also observed large-scale tracking through advertising data networks (ADINT) without any malware.
Key Tactics
Four trends stood out: AI-powered development and agentic lateral movement; legitimate cloud and blockchain services used as C2 channels; more sophisticated multi-stage phishing; and BYOVD techniques to evade EDR.
Implications for Defenders
CISOs must treat AI-accelerated adversaries as the new baseline. Detection should focus more on identity, cloud, and endpoint behavior. Software supply chains and developer environments need stronger protection. Patch windows for edge systems must shrink, and operational technology should stay isolated from the public internet.
Organizations that understand the geopolitical drivers behind these campaigns will better anticipate which sectors and systems are likely to be targeted next.
Full original report (in German):
APT-Bedrohungslage 1. Halbjahr 2026 on Vanguard Magazine
Finanzielle Betrugsdelikte und Steuerhinterziehung im Zeitalter der Cyberkriminalität
Cyberkriminalität und Steuerhinterziehung gefährden Wirtschaft und Staat. Moderne Technologien und interdisziplinäre Ermittlungen sind essenziell für eine effektive Betrugsbekämpfung.
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The role of AI in B2B sales
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/role-ai-b2b-sales-georg-lanzinger-0gkne
What counts for the customer?
The hard truth about what really counts for a customer is only one thing: what can the supplier do for me? They are not interested in brands or great PowerPoint presentations. The only thing that counts is whether I can solve the customer’s problem. In this article I will highlight how sales people can use the advantages of AI.
CV Summit 2023
German: https://blockzeit.com/de/cv-summit-2023-highlights/
Swiss WEB3FEST (lakeside unconference)
German: https://blockzeit.com/de/web3-fest-schweiz-2023/
NFT ART DAY Zurich
https://blockzeit.com/nft-art-day-zurich-2023-these-were-the-highlights/
Banking and Web3: How Banks Can Attract Digital Natives and Harness the Power of NFTs
German: https://blockzeit.com/de/web3-und-banking/
Top web3 organizations in Switzerland
German: https://blockzeit.com/de/web-drei-organisationen-schweiz/
Everything you want to know about DeFi
https://medium.com/@georg.lanzinger/everything-you-want-to-know-about-defi-5bf53bad1086
Informationen sind ein wertvolles Gut
Wie wird der Sales Prozess 2020?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wie-wird-der-sales-prozess-2020-georg-lanzinger/?originalSubdomain=de
Georg Lanzinger is the coach of Hubert Gantioler during the Himalayan Stage race 2008!
Hubert Gantioler: “Ich wollte mich nicht schonen. Mein Ziel war ja, als Erster alle fünf Etappen zu gewinnen.” Geglückt ist das nicht zuletzt der Betreuung durch Georg Lanzinger, der ein perfektes Umfeld bereit stellte.