Threat Intelligence Researches. From Our Analysts.
Threat intelligence research from Brandefense: threat actors, malware, vulnerabilities and campaigns, with analysis you can use to prioritize defenses.
Threat Intelligence Researches Exposed PLCs: lessons from the 2026 US advisory US agencies say Iranian-affiliated actors disrupted exposed PLCs. See the attack flow and what water, energy and public facility operators should check. 
Threat Intelligence Researches NetScaler exposed edge: questions to ask your team What a NetScaler ADC or Gateway owner does first: list appliances, check for compromise before patching, and keep management services off the internet. 
Threat Intelligence Researches Nx Console and GitHub: dev tools as an entry path How a token stolen on 11 May 2026 led from a developer machine to a poisoned Nx Console extension and GitHub's internal repositories, and what to… 
Threat Intelligence Researches TanStack worm: CI questions every team should ask The TanStack npm worm chained a risky workflow, cache poisoning and a short-lived token. See the CI and monitoring questions a security lead should ask. 
Threat Intelligence Researches How a Trivy Compromise Reached LiteLLM Releases LiteLLM says a Trivy compromise in its build pipeline led to bad PyPI releases. Sources differ on exposure time. See what to ask about your own… 
Threat Intelligence Researches GRU targeting of logistics firms: advisory AA25-141A CISA, NSA, FBI and partners describe a GRU campaign against Western logistics and technology firms: targets, phases, CVEs and the fixes they list. 
Threat Intelligence Researches Akira ransomware advisory AA24-109A: stages and tools CISA and partners say Akira enters through VPNs without MFA and known CVEs, steals data, then encrypts. A read of advisory AA24-109A, updated Nov 13, 2025. 
Threat Intelligence Researches Volt Typhoon advisory AA24-038A: what CISA says CISA, NSA and FBI advisory AA24-038A: how Volt Typhoon got in via routers, VPNs and firewalls, stayed up to five years, and what defenders were told… 
Threat Intelligence Researches Software Shared Across ATT&CK Groups: Reuse Study MITRE ATT&CK v19.2 data: Mimikatz is linked to 51 of 176 groups, while 503 of 607 software entries tie to one group. See the top 10… 
Threat Intelligence Researches ATT&CK groups by attributed origin: what is mapped ATT&CK groups by origin named in their text: North Korea and Russia map more techniques (29.5, 27) than China (15.5) or Iran (17.5); T1486 differs most. 
Threat Intelligence Researches ATT&CK techniques most used across threat groups In MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise data, version 19.2, the most widely mapped technique is Command and Scripting Interpreter. It is linked to 124 of 172 groups with… 
Threat Intelligence Researches KEV due-date windows and pace of additions CISA KEV due dates by year added: mostly 21 days from 2022 to 2025, 3 days in 2026. Plus additions per year and vendor spread across… All 14 pages
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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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