As the summer vacation season winds down, Black Hat’s early August event in Las Vegas marks a return to big tech industry trade shows. It is a somewhat unique gathering relative to other industry cybersecurity events, one that is heavily focused on security practitioners and the challenges they face in protecting organizational operations. To no surprise, many of the conversations and announcements this year focused on the weaponization of Frontier AI. Let’s examine three big takeaways and unpack what several cybersecurity infrastructure providers announced at Black Hat USA 2026 to address an ever-growing and AI-infused threat landscape.    An Emerging Agentic Attack Surface The first big takeaway that emerged from…