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Brandefense Blog. Cybersecurity And Risk.

Threat actors, dark web activity, ransomware and digital risk, explained by the analysts who track them.

All492 APT Groups84 Dark Web29 Digital Risk Protection126 Fraud16 Ransomware51 Sector Analysis34 VIP Security7
Glass rulebook with glowing red text lines, chained to glass blocks on a dark background.Blog APRA CPS 230 and CPS 234: What Service Provider Risk Means in Practice CPS 230 and CPS 234 side by side: which clause asks for which evidence, the APRA notice deadlines and a service provider register template. Oct 25, 20268 Min Cracked glass padlock with glowing red circuit patterns on a dark background, an image for AI ransomwareRansomware AI Ransomware: 4 AI Tools That Crews Use Four AI tools show up in primary reports on ransomware and extortion crews: Claude, Cursor Agent, DeepSeek and Qwen. Who used what, and what to watch. Oct 25, 20266 Min Glass lighthouse over separate cubes with red neon linesBlog How MSSPs Add Threat Intelligence to Their Services: A Rollout Plan A rollout plan for MSSPs: which outside threat signals to add, how to keep client data apart, route alerts and package three service tiers. Oct 24, 20266 Min Stack of dark glass tiles with one glowing red layerBlog Which Security Products and IT Tools Run on PHP? MISP, GLPI and Zabbix run on PHP, and so do some firewall and VPN products. See which vendors ship PHP, their PHP2Shell status and what to… Oct 24, 20267 Min FIRST Member mark, Associate, October 2026Blog Brandefense Joins FIRST as an Associate Member Brandefense joined FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, as an Associate in October 2026. See what that means and what it does not. Oct 23, 20263 Min Top InfoSec Innovator 2026 Winner badge from Cyber Defense MagazineBlog Brandefense Wins at the Top InfoSec Innovator Awards 2026 Cyber Defense Magazine named Brandefense Most Innovative in AI-Powered Cybersecurity Solutions at the Top InfoSec Innovator Awards 2026. Oct 23, 20263 Min Dark glass hourglass with the last grains running out with red neon lines, cover art for: PHP End of Life: Which Versions Still Get Security FixesBlog PHP End of Life: Which Versions Still Get Security Fixes PHP 7.4, 8.0 and 8.1 are end of life, and 8.2 follows on 31 December 2026. See every branch date and what our free PHP check… Oct 22, 20266 Min Dark glass magnifier over an empty pedestal with red neon linesDark Web Google’s Dark Web Report Is Gone: What to Use Instead Google shut its dark web report on 16 February 2026. We ran Have I Been Pwned and our own Atlas tool on test inputs and show… Oct 21, 20265 Min Dark glass fishing hook snapped in two with red neon lines, cover art for: How the Phishing Takedown Process Works, Step by StepDigital Risk Protection How the Phishing Takedown Process Works, Step by Step Who controls a phishing page, what ICANN's 2024 rules require and how to escalate: the phishing takedown process as an operator's playbook. Oct 21, 20264 Min Dark glass cover art for: NYDFS Part 500 in 2026: What Covered Firms Must ShowBlog NYDFS Part 500 in 2026: What Covered Firms Must Show NYDFS Part 500 now requires MFA, an asset inventory and a yearly notice by April 15. Here is what covered firms must show and where outside… Oct 19, 20269 Min Dark glass cover art for: Typosquatting: How Lookalike Domains Catch Your UsersDigital Risk Protection Typosquatting: How Lookalike Domains Catch Your Users Typosquatting turns one mistyped letter into a phishing site. See the main patterns, how attackers use them and how to spot and remove them early. Oct 19, 20266 Min Dark glass cover art for: Vendor Risk Assessment From the Outside InBlog Vendor Risk Assessment From the Outside In A vendor risk assessment should not stop at a questionnaire. Here is how to add outside-in evidence, tier vendors and keep the review current. Oct 19, 20268 Min
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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.

  • New articles are added several times a month. The newest come first, and every article shows its publish date.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The site feed at brandefense.io/feed/ lists new posts. The email sign-up box is on the All Resources and Reports pages.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.