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Brandefense whitepapers: in-depth papers on cyber threat intelligence, digital risk protection and external attack surface management for security leaders.
Whitepapers CISO Decision Guide: Don’t Wait for the Next Vulnerability to Get a Name Turn PHP2Shell and Node2Shell into a 90-day readiness program: three decisions, four response clocks, a regulatory map and eight editable tools for CISOs and their teams. 
Whitepapers RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) Attacks Explained What RDP attacks are, how attackers abuse the Remote Desktop Protocol, and the defenses CISA recommends. Get the Brandefense report on RDP attacks. 
Whitepapers Compromising Email Accounts with Credential Phishing Credential phishing whitepaper: how attackers steal email logins, how to spot the signs, and how firms can respond and protect their accounts and assets. 
Whitepapers How to Uproot Rootkit Threats? Learn what a rootkit is, how rootkits hide malware and what the report covers on detection, response and rootkit removal for security teams. 
Whitepapers Introduction to Black Hat SEO Explainer on Black Hat SEO tactics used by cybercriminals — poisoned search results, SEO spam, and how threat actors abuse search engines for malware 
Whitepapers How Cybercriminals Use Phishing Kits? Learn how cybercriminals use phishing kits, how these ready-made fake pages work, and which detection and mitigation steps help companies defend. 
Whitepapers Detection of Steganography Attacks About the Steganography Attack Detection report: technical details, working methods, detections, YARA rules and IoCs for steganography attacks. About The Blog.
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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.