Brandefense Blog. Cybersecurity And Risk.
Threat actors, dark web activity, ransomware and digital risk, explained by the analysts who track them.
Sector Analysis Protecting Critical Infrastructures with Advanced Digital Risk Monitoring Digital risk monitoring protects critical infrastructure from ransomware and grid attacks. See key technologies, real incidents and NIS2 and NIST rules. 
Sector Analysis Cybersecurity Essentials for Small Businesses: A Beginner’s Guide A plain guide for small businesses on common cyber threats, basic protections such as MFA and backups, a security policy and affordable tools. 
Digital Risk Protection Cybersecurity Predictions: Trends You Need to Watch Cybersecurity predictions for 2025: ransomware, supply chain and AI-driven threats, regulation, Zero Trust and practical steps businesses can take to prepare. 
Blog The Future of Blockchain in Cybersecurity: Beyond Cryptocurrencies This article will explore the connection between blockchain and cybersecurity, its benefits, and its potential impact on the future. 
Blog Understanding the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA): A New Era for Financial Services DORA is the EU regulation that helps financial entities withstand and recover from ICT disruptions. It has applied since 17 January 2025. See the scope. 
Digital Risk Protection Breaking the Chain: How to Secure Your Supply Chain Against Cyber Risks Supply chain cyber risks include vendor compromise, phishing, malware and data breaches. Learn from SolarWinds, Target and NotPetya how to stay safe. 
Dark Web Bots Gone Bad: The Untold Story of Botnet Invasions What a botnet is and how botnets take over devices for DDoS and ransomware distribution, why they are hard to remove, and steps businesses can take. 
Blog Maximizing Cybersecurity Investments: Carrying Successes Forward How to spend security budgets where they matter most: lessons from 2024 on AI tools, proactive risk management and cost-effective investments. 
VIP Security Mitigating Cyber Risks for High-Profile Individuals and VIPs Due to their visibility and influence, high-profile individuals and VIPs face unique cybersecurity challenges. 
Ransomware Ransomware: How the Threat Evolved How ransomware changed in 2025: organized crime groups, ransomware-as-a-service, data theft before encryption, and what defenders should change now. 
Dark Web The Silent Threat of Shadow IT: Detection and Mitigation Strategies Shadow IT is the unknown devices, apps and cloud services staff use for work. See the risks, how to find it and how to cut it… 
Digital Risk Protection The Role of Threat Intelligence in Strengthening Supply Chain Security Threat intelligence helps teams find weak suppliers, rank risks and share warnings with partners. Learn how it strengthens supply chain security. All 42 pages
About The Blog.
Last updated June 9, 2026-
Articles on ransomware, APT groups, the dark web, digital risk protection, fraud, sector analysis and VIP security, written for security teams.
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New articles are added several times a month. The newest come first, and every article shows its publish date.
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Use the topic chips above the list to open one topic, or type a word in the search box. Each topic has its own page.
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Articles draw on public sources such as CISA advisories, MITRE ATT&CK and ENISA reports. Sources are listed at the end of an article when it cites them.
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The site feed at brandefense.io/feed/ lists new posts. The email sign-up box is on the All Resources and Reports pages.
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Brandefense is an AI-driven threat intelligence company. Its platform covers cyber threat intelligence, digital risk protection and external attack surface management. You can request a demo on your own domain from the Request A Demo page.
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The count at the top of the blog page shows the current total, and each topic chip shows how many articles that topic holds. You can open all of them or pick one topic, such as APT Groups, Dark Web, Ransomware or Fraud. Each article shows its publish date.
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The blog describes its articles as explained by the analysts who track threats. They cover threat actors, dark web activity, ransomware and digital risk. The newest articles appear first.
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Yes. APT Groups is one of the topic chips above the list, and it opens only the articles on that topic. The Knowledge Hub also holds profiles of threat groups.
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The surface web is the part of the internet that search engines list. The deep web is content that search engines do not list, such as pages behind a login. The dark web needs special software to reach. The blog has an article that explains the three layers in plain words.