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Blog posts & publications from WRAVEN, a student cybersecurity group @ WMU

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APT Report

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

Jul 2, 2025

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4 min read

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?

WRAVEN Team, +1

Sep 15, 2025

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5 min read

WRAVEN Advisory

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

WRAVEN Team

Red Team

Disrupting a Phishing Operation: Technical Breakdown

Jul 21, 2025

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4 min read

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

Research Paper

Qilin: A Look Inside a Modern Ransomware Operation

Oct 9, 2025

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2 min read

Qilin: A Look Inside a Modern Ransomware Operation

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

WRAVEN Team

Cybersecurity Basics

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

Jul 16, 2025

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3 min read

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.

WRAVEN Team, +1

Articles

Cybersecurity Basics

Oct 21, 2025

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3 min read

WRAVEN Advisory

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

WRAVEN Team, +1

Research Paper

Oct 9, 2025

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2 min read

Qilin: A Look Inside a Modern Ransomware Operation

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

WRAVEN Team

Sep 15, 2025

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5 min read

WRAVEN Advisory

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

WRAVEN Team

Why WRAVEN Stands With the Electronic Frontier Alliance

Sep 2, 2025

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2 min read

Why WRAVEN Stands With the Electronic Frontier Alliance

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

WRAVEN Team

Cybersecurity Basics

AI Phishing Gets Smarter: How WRAVEN Sees the Next Wave

Aug 18, 2025

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4 min read

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.

WRAVEN Team

Red Team

Jul 21, 2025

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4 min read

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