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WRAVEN Advisory

WRAVEN Advisory

A quick analysis of the worldwide AWS outage and the impact of the outage

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German Novy
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Qilin: A Look Inside a Modern Ransomware Operation

Qilin: A Look Inside a Modern Ransomware Operation

Inside the operations of a fast-evolving ransomware-as-a-service network.

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WRAVEN Team
WRAVEN Advisory

WRAVEN Advisory

A breakdown about a new Chinese State-Sponsored Espionage Campaign Targeting Routers (AA25-239A)

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WRAVEN Team
Why WRAVEN Stands With the Electronic Frontier Alliance

Why WRAVEN Stands With the Electronic Frontier Alliance

Our commitment to digital freedom, security, and research through the EFA’s five principles.

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WRAVEN Team
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AI Phishing Gets Smarter: How WRAVEN Sees the Next Wave

AI Phishing Gets Smarter: How WRAVEN Sees the Next Wave

Phishing is changing fast. Attackers now use AI to craft clean, convincing, and personalized lures at scale. WRAVEN breaks down how these attacks work, why they matter, and the defenses that still hold up.

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WRAVEN Team
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Disrupting a Phishing Operation: Technical Breakdown

Disrupting a Phishing Operation: Technical Breakdown

How we found, dissected, and crippled an active phishing site targeting Illinois residents: breaking down their scam, exposing their backend, and trashing their data.

WRAVEN Team
WRAVEN Team
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The Ransomware Boom Isn't Slowing Down: Here's Who's Getting Hit

The Ransomware Boom Isn't Slowing Down: Here's Who's Getting Hit

Ransomware attacks in the U.S. are up 49% in 2025, with SMBs as primary targets. WRAVEN breaks down who’s behind it, why it’s working, and how Michigan is being hit.

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Lochlan McElroy
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Iranian Cyber Actors Escalate Targeting of U.S. Networks

Iranian Cyber Actors Escalate Targeting of U.S. Networks

U.S. networks face a growing wave of Iranian-aligned cyber activity.

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Lochlan McElroy
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Scattered Spider: Tactics, Targets, and WRAVEN’s Ongoing Threat Intel Tracking

Scattered Spider: Tactics, Targets, and WRAVEN’s Ongoing Threat Intel Tracking

How is a small hacker crew pulling off multi-million dollar breaches, and how are our WMU students tracking them in real time?

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Lochlan McElroy
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The WRAVEN Threat Dashboard Is Now Live

The WRAVEN Threat Dashboard Is Now Live

Check it out for yourself at public.wraven.org

WRAVEN Team
WRAVEN Team
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Red Team Corner: Phishing

Red Team Corner: Phishing

Crafting Phishing Payloads That Actually Get Clicked

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Finley Burns
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Zero Trust 101

Zero Trust 101

Why ‘Never Trust, Always Verify’ Actually Matters

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Finley Burns
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