Iran’s Next Move: Ransomware, and the Attack You Can't Pay Your Way Out Of

This advisory outlines a heightened threat from Iranian-linked cyber activity—mixing state-sponsored operations, proxy groups, and opportunistic criminal actors—highlighting destructive ransomware, DDoS, and stealthy campaigns. It warns organizations that some ransomware affiliates may be sanctioned (making ransom payments illegal), describes attacker TTPs (credential abuse, living-off-the-land, backup deletion), and recommends immediate actions such as validating incident response plans, enforcing MFA, testing offline backups, and coordinating legal/communications teams.