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We’re kicking off something new for the federal cybersecurity community. Analyst1 Federal Exchange is a dedicated event for cybersecurity leaders, analysts, and federal stakeholders to come together and share how threat intelligence is being operationalized across agencies. 📅 May 19-20 This is not a typical event — it’s a working session focused on: • Real-world CTI use cases across federal environments • Hands-on Analyst1 platform training (CEU eligible) • Operationalizing vendor intelligence into action • Exclusive insights into the Analyst1 product roadmap We’re bringing together a small group of practitioners to exchange strategies, challenges, and lessons learned. Spots are limited and attendance is subject to approval. Request to attend: a1fx@analyst1.com

Most organizations know about threats. Fewer understand their actual exposure to them. Continuous Threat Exposure Monitoring connects the dots between your internal assets, active vulnerabilities, and the specific threat actors capable of exploiting them. Instead of reacting to CVE lists or generic alerts, you can: • Correlate live telemetry with up-to-date threat intelligence • Map assets directly to the actors targeting them • Identify coverage gaps before they become incidents • Automatically operationalize response through ticketing and rule prep Exposure isn’t theoretical. It’s contextual. If you can’t trace risk from asset → vulnerability → adversary, you’re missing critical clarity. Learn how Analyst1 enables continuous, intelligence-driven exposure monitoring: 🔗 analyst1.com/use-cases/cont…

If you missed our previous webinar, it’s now available on demand. Energy infrastructure sits at the intersection of national security and operational continuity, and today’s adversaries are actively exploiting that reality. In Powering Resilience, Analyst1 and Dragos unpack how energy organizations can close the gap between threat intelligence, SOC operations, and ICS/OT security to respond faster and reduce real-world operational risk. 🎙 Hosted by BJ Ferguson, with expert insights from Eddie Mitchell and Timothy Cook, the session breaks down: • Current threat activity targeting energy operators • How unified CTI and OT visibility shortens response timelines • Practical workflows connecting enterprise and industrial security teams • How to prioritize threats with real safety and operational impact Watch the replay and see how energy security teams can operate as one against evolving threats. 👇 analyst1.com/powering-resil… #EnergySecurity #OTSecurity #ICS #ThreatIntelligence #CriticalInfrastructure #CyberResilience

Our threat actor series returns with a deep dive into ShinyHunters - one of the most persistent data-theft and extortion brands over the past five years. This profile cuts through: • Public breach claims vs verified attribution • Branding vs technical intrusion clusters • Where ShinyHunters fits within the broader “Com” ecosystem • Why SaaS identity abuse now matters more than malware Authored by @Jon__DiMaggio, this dossier is built for analysts who need clarity, not headlines. 👉 Read ShinyHunters Threat Profile analyst1.com/threat-actors/… #ThreatIntelligence #ThreatActorProfiles #ShinyHunters #DataTheft #Extortion #CTI #Analyst1

.@Jon__DiMaggio kicks us off as we unpack how ransomware has fundamentally changed in 2025. 🎤 @intel_anastasia (Analyst1) & Tammy H. (Flare)

🔴 We’re LIVE. Ransomware in 2025 isn’t about encryption anymore. It’s about data theft, public exposure, and personal pressure - and the time-to-impact is shrinking fast. Join us as we break down the new extortion model and what defenders must rethink 👇 linkedin.com/events/7421944… @intel_anastasia #Ransomware #ThreatIntelligence #CyberSecurity

Behind every ransomware headline is a human story. In this webinar, @Jon__DiMaggio is joined by John Fokker to unpack what really happened inside the REvil ransomware operation beyond the headlines and court verdicts. Following the 13-year sentencing of Yaroslav Vasinskyi for the $700M Kaseya attack, Jon shares rare, first-hand insights drawn from months of direct communication with Vasinskyi himself. John adds the law-enforcement perspective, informed by years spent pursuing REvil in collaboration with global agencies. This session offers an unfiltered look at: • How REvil actually operated from the inside • Why the group fractured—and what defenders can learn from it • The human dynamics behind one of history’s most impactful ransomware crews 🎥 Watch now: analyst1.com/live-webinar-r… Recorded: October 8, 2025

Ransomware didn’t just grow in 2025; it changed in ways that should directly influence how CSOs and executive teams think about risk. In our new report, Ransomware & Extortion Activity in 2025: Year-in-Review by @intel_anastasia, we break down what that shift really means: ✔️ Data leak site claims reached record highs, up nearly 50% year over year. ✔️ Encryption is no longer the primary lever — data theft and public exposure now drive faster, more efficient extortion. ✔️ Pressure is becoming personal, extending beyond the organization to employees, executives, customers, and even researchers. ✔️ And the traditional RaaS narrative continues to fade as structured, closed-shop crews dominate activity. For security leaders, this isn’t just a technical evolution. It’s a governance, reputational, regulatory, and human risk issue. Recovery alone is no longer the win condition. Preventing leverage is. If you’re shaping your 2026 strategy, this report is designed to help you rethink what readiness really means. Read the full analysis here: analyst1.com/ransomware-ext… Sign up for your upcoming webinar: linkedin.com/events/7421944…

Behind the webinar: the analysts decoding ransomware in 2025. Ransomware today is no longer just about encryption. It’s about data theft, pressure, reputation, and human behavior. This Year-in-Review brings together two experts who study ransomware as an ecosystem, not just a piece of malware. 🎙 @intel_anastasia, Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst at Analyst1, investigates Russian-speaking cybercrime and hybrid threat activity across the Eurasian region. Her work blends Dark Web research, OSINT, HUMINT, and blockchain forensics to track ransomware, influence operations, and financially motivated campaigns in the context of geopolitics. 🎙 Tammy Harper, Senior Threat Intelligence Researcher at @flaresystems, focuses on the psychology and structure of ransomware ecosystems. Her research examines affiliate dynamics, identity, and reputation in underground communities and how human behavior drives modern extortion. Together, they’ll break down how ransomware and extortion evolved in 2025 and what defenders must understand to keep up. 📅 February 26, 2026 ⏰ 11:00 AM ET 📍 LinkedIn Live linkedin.com/events/7421944… #ThreatIntelligence #Ransomware #CyberExtortion #DarkWeb #CyberSecurity

2026 will be a defining year for security leaders. Geopolitical instability. Regulatory expansion. Faster, more coordinated adversaries. CISOs are being asked to reduce risk, accelerate response, and prove measurable impact, often with fewer resources. Join us for a LinkedIn Live discussion: The 2026 Threat Landscape: What CISOs Must Prepare For 🗓 April 22, 2026 | 1:00 PM ET 🎙 Hosted by BJ Ferguson (Analyst1) 🎤 Featuring Adam Olexo (Analyst1) & Frank Gentile (Replica Cyber) We’ll break down: • The top threats shaping cybersecurity spending in 2026 • How regulatory & geopolitical forces are redefining risk • What “Minutes to Mitigation” actually means in real-world operations • How to translate response speed into executive-level KPIs If you’re refining your roadmap, defending budget, or strengthening board reporting, this session is built for you. Register and join us live: linkedin.com/events/7429180…

It’s not you. It’s your threat model. Valentine’s Day edition for security teams: we don’t ignore red flags — we document them, correlate them, and validate them with evidence. 🚩 No MFA 🚩 “Trust me” with no sources 🚩 Unverified claims 🚩 Brand names without attribution 🚩 One indicator, zero context Whether it’s relationships or threat intelligence, patterns matter more than promises. And context always beats assumptions. Happy Valentine’s Day from Analyst1 🖤 Because knowing why something matters is the real love language.

This edition of threat actors breaks down Scattered Spider - a financially motivated intrusion cluster known for bypassing security by exploiting identity systems, help desks, and human trust. No zero-days. No custom malware. Just precise social engineering at scale. From high-profile intrusions at MGM and Caesars to the 0ktapus smishing campaign, this profile separates branding from tradecraft and focuses on how these attacks actually happen. Read ScatteredSpider threat actor profile: analyst1.com/threat-actors/… Author: @Jon__DiMaggio #ThreatIntelligence #ThreatActor #ScatteredSpider #Cybercrime #IdentitySecurity #CTI #SOC #IncidentResponse

Most defenders still think ransomware ends with encryption. In 2025, that’s no longer true. Data exfiltration, public shaming, and personal pressure now define modern extortion. Encryption is just one step, sometimes not even the goal. In our upcoming webinar, Ransomware & Extortion Activity in 2025: Year-in-Review, we break down what actually changed, why RaaS is losing relevance, and how defenders need to rethink readiness. 📅 February 26, 2026 ⏰ 11:00 AM ET 🎙 Hosted by @Jon__DiMaggio 🎙 Featuring @intel_anastasia (Analyst1) & Tammy Harper (@flaresystems) 👉 Register to understand the ransomware ecosystem as it exists now, not as it used to. linkedin.com/events/7421944…

[RIP RAMP – Part 3: Stallman] Wazawaka, Kajit, Stallman and what each of these figures represented in the broader evolution of Russian cybercrime 📌 If I had to describe the current mood across Russian darknet forums, it would be fingers pointing in every direction. Along with that comes a growing realization: many forum members may have been nothing more than participants in a very large honeypot built by law enforcement with Stallman sitting at its center. 📌 Throughout the history of Russian-speaking forums, platforms collapse, get seized, or quietly disappear and new ones emerge in their place. Yet across many of them, one constant remains: Stallman. 📌 In underground circles, Stallman is known as a highly experienced figure, someone who “knows how things are done.” In the Russian-speaking forum ecosystem, where stable leadership is a defining characteristic, a leader is seen not merely as someone in charge, but as a custodian of group identity. Stallman seemed to fill this role perfectly. 📌 Stallman’s public and primary activity across forums was as a buyer of accesses. “I will buy your accesses, mostly interested in the US and Europe,” he posted during the early days of RAMP’s launch. 📌 Stallman joined RAMP in the first months after its launch and quickly became part of the inner circle. In November 2021, Kajit confirmed that Stallman had officially taken on the role of guarantor. In practice, this meant that access sales would go through him — clever indeed. 📌 Staying true to his “caretaker” image, Stallman promised that RAMP’s security would be held to the highest standard. The $500 registration fee, he said, would go toward exactly that. 📌 As discussions unfolded after the RAMP takedown and more information spilled out, cracks began to show. While Stallman did act as a guarantor, not all community members felt those deals were handled honestly. Some users now claim they were misled or tricked, suggesting that Stallman may have pursued personal gain rather than acting as the neutral guarantor meant to keep the peace. The current status of Stallman? Banned. 📌 Whether the Stallman persona(s) will reappear under a different moniker(s) to serve the same master(s) remains an open question. But the official Stallman era appears to be over. And not just Stallman’s era. What matters more is what this says about the broader phase Russian-speaking cybercrime is entering. We are witnessing total distrust within an ecosystem that existed for more than 20 years. That trust began visibly eroding after the REvil crackdown in 2021 and intensified further with the takedown of XSS last year. The fall of RAMP may have been the final break. 📌 Of course, this is not the end. The void will be filled, and a new “leader” will be announced. Because this is no longer cyclical — it’s structural. Roles are assigned, and actors will continue to play them. Get ready for the second act - REhub/DragonHub 🐲 @Analyst1 🦅

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Ransomware isn’t “just malware” anymore; it’s a human-run operation with tradecraft, egos, negotiation tactics, and infrastructure built for extortion at scale. That’s why @Jon__DiMaggio’s Ransomware-Centric Collection & Threat Profiling breaks the old model (attack data only) and replaces it with an evolved approach that includes: ✅ Attack data + ATT&CK patterns ✅ Leak sites, affiliate rules, negotiation portals ✅ Forum/market signals (recruitment ads, access brokers) ✅ OSINT + operator behavior that shapes the post-breach phase If you’re defending against ransomware, this is how you build a threat profile that’s actually useful in the moments that matter. 📄 Read the full paper: analyst1.com/ransomware-cen… #ThreatIntelligence #Ransomware #CyberThreatIntelligence #IncidentResponse #CyberSecurity #Analyst1

Most threat intelligence platforms stop at collection. That’s where the real work should begin. Security teams are buried in unstructured feeds, duplicate indicators, and vendor scores that don’t reflect their actual risk. The result? Slower detection, blind spots, and inconsistent decisions. Analyst1 operationalizes threat intelligence by transforming raw data into structured, contextualized, and prioritized intelligence—linked across actors, malware, CVEs, and ATT&CK patterns. One source of truth. Faster decisions. Defensible outcomes. 👉 See how Analyst1 turns intelligence into action. analyst1.com/use-cases/oper… #ThreatIntelligence #ThreatHunting #CyberSecurity

[RIP RAMP – Part 1: Wazawaka] Wazawaka, Kajit, Stallman and their roles in the broader evolution of Russian DarkWeb forums. 📌 On January 28, 2025, the RAMP forum went dark under a seizure banner crediting multiple agencies. RAMP is a stark case study in the evolution of ransomware and Russian cybercrime. From its birth in 2021 and through what it grew into, RAMP mirrored the broader trajectory of the Russian cybercrime. 📌 RAMP was launched on July 11, 2021, by Mikhail Matveev. At first, he operated briefly under the moniker TetyaSluha (his sense of humor was always particular), before switching to Orange. The timing of the project also aligned with an ongoing conflict between Matveev and his former Babuk ransomware partner, dyadka0220. 📌 Following the division of assets, dyadka0220 retained the Babuk source code, which was later leaked in September 2021. Matveev, meanwhile, ended up with the Babuk domain and it was on that foundation that the first version of RAMP was launched. 📌 For Matveev, RAMP was a personal and sacred project — one where, in his own words, he “poured his heart.” A master manipulator obsessed with Western media attention, his long-running feud with journalists and researchers became part of the forum’s identity. 📌 “RAMP is the result of my year-long work of manipulation of top journalists and media such as Bloomberg and others. I declare this forum is a work of art!”, he wrote this in one of his earliest messages. 📌 The launch of RAMP and its rapid popularity, gaining nearly 400 users within the first ten days was driven largely by a critical shift elsewhere: ransomware discussion had recently been banned on XSS, one of the main Russian-speaking cybercrime forums at the time. RAMP filled that vacuum immediately. 📌 The year 2021 was a defining moment for ransomware, setting the tone for what the next five years would become and what the landscape remains today. A major turning point came on June 16, 2021, when U.S. President Joseph Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Geneva. Ransomware became one of the topics raised, marking cybercrime not simply as criminal activity, but as an issue of geopolitical consequence. 📌 We know what followed: the REvil crackdown, arrests, and increasing pressure on cybercriminals inside Russia, likely as leverage for negotiations that ultimately went nowhere, especially after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. 📌 After banning of ransomware on XSS, Matveev and his RAMP gained momentum. However, these were also his last months of public anonymity. In January 2022, he was publicly deanonymized by Brian Krebs. 📌 What Matveev represented and what the launch of RAMP signaled may have been one of the last snapshots of Russian cybercriminals operating in a relatively organic underground. Before law enforcement pressure became more visible. Before forums became more orchestrated, curated, and controlled. Stay Tuned for Part Two — the story of Kajit. @Analyst1 🦅