At first glance, a string of recent cybersecurity stories look unrelated: a zero-day in BeyondTrust's remote support tool, university and government websites quietly hijacked to boost adult-content search rankings, and a wave of fake ChatGPT and Claude installers tricking developers. Yet pull back far enough and a single pattern emerges. Each case is less about a single flaw and more about how much of the modern IT environment sits outside the direct visibility and control of the teams responsible for defending it.