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Original research, analysis, and commentary from the BlackFog team on the exfiltration vectors reshaping enterprise security, from ransomware double extortion to Shadow AI to the agentic AI threats already emerging.
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BlackFog wins the 2026 TMC AI in Cybersecurity Innovation Award for ADX Protect, recognizing innovation in preventing data exfiltration and AI threats.
BlackFog's state of ransomware August 2026 measures publicly disclosed and non-disclosed attacks globally.
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from the blog
- Categories: Data Exfiltration
Organizations have spent years developing and implementing different solutions for keeping sensitive data secure. While the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) model has been one of the most popular approaches for addressing these security pain points, Anti Data Exfiltration (ADX) provides a new solution to this problem.
- Categories: Ransomware
Over the last few years, leaked data from some of the most devastating cyberattacks has found its way onto the Dark Web, a trend ⟶
- Categories: Data Exfiltration
Cyberattacks like the Colonial Pipeline attack have become disturbingly frequent. The US Federal government is now mandating a Zero trust architecture across all departments. We look at how data exfiltration is an important part of this new mandate.
- Categories: Data Exfiltration, Ransomware
With data theft extortion, instead of a single ransom demand, there may be hundreds or thousands. In most cases, cybercriminals are adopting a dual-revenue model where a single, large-scale ransom demand is accompanied by individual ransoms for affected parties.
- Categories: Ransomware
In this blog we’ll look at some of the ransomware myths and how data exfiltration prevention can facilitate compliance and mitigate risks associated with an attack.
- Categories: Cybersecurity
Despite often being considered a ‘dinosaur’ technology, the Coronavirus pandemic gave Virtual private network software or (VPNs) a new lease of life as IT teams scrambled to protect their newly remote employees.
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