Ransomware in 2025: Blending in is the strategy
2026-03-31T20:51:51Z•9886e97ee1e027ca1d77e697efa0f0d1688c367bee25c472400c081697fdfa31
COM instrumentationCanvaDirectXDispatchLoggerHikVisionIDispatchLibbiosigMicrosoft Patch TuesdayOpenFOAMTP-LinkTalos Year in Reviewagentic AIbehavioral detectionexfiltrationidentity abusepatchingransomwarethreat intelligencevulnerabilities
What happened
Cisco Talos blog roundup (Mar 2026) covering major 2025 trends and practical guidance: a Talos Year in Review highlights ransomware evolution (identity abuse, living-off-the-land exfiltration, and attacker blending), an exfiltration playbook focused on behavioral detection, and identity as a primary attack vector. Multiple vulnerability-disclosure posts detail vendor fixes (10 TP-Link issues, 19 Canva issues, Hikvision disclosure), library and software flaws (BioSig Libbiosig, OpenCFD OpenFOAM), and a Microsoft Patch Tuesday covering 79 CVEs including three rated critical. Additional topics: a
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- 2026-03-31T20:51:51Z
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