Akira: A Threat Profile

Aliases Akira is the only known alias. Associated with other groups known as Storm-1567, Howling Scorpius, Punk Spider, and Gold Sahara Get Threat Intel and Security Updates Delivered to Your Inbox. Profiling Threat Actor Type: Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) targeting...

Preemptive Security Explained: How to Stay Ahead of Cyber Threats

Imagine locking your front door after a burglar has already walked through your house.  Now imagine doing that with your critical infrastructure.  That’s how reactive cybersecurity operates. You get alerted after something bad has already happened: a file executed, a...

Fire Ant: A Threat Profile

Aliases Fire Ant China‑nexus infrastructure espionage actor (media shorthand) UNC3886‑overlap (tooling/TTP overlap; not a formal attribution) Listed by MITRE as an alias for Mustang Panda (G0129)   Profiling Threat Actor Type: Suspected state aligned...

The CISO’s Guide to Preemptive Hypervisor Security in 2026

As we head into 2026, one thing has become clear in the last year: attackers are changing tactics, and our defenses need to evolve with them. Virtualization infrastructure, the hypervisor layer in particular, has emerged as a high-impact target. And while this shift...

Enhance VCF 9 Security with ZeroLock®

As organizations continue to adopt VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9, security remains a top priority. Hypervisors are an increasingly critical layer which—if compromised—can give attackers complete control over the environment. VCF 9 has introduced several advanced...