How Has Forum Life Adapted to the Recent Ransomware Ban?

This report analyzes how mid-2021 bans on ransomware advertising across several cybercriminal forums have been applied and circumvented: enforcement is inconsistent (some groups and posts banned, others allowed or joked about), actors use coded language and alternate platforms to continue RaaS activity, access brokers remain active, and leak sites and high-profile incidents (e.g., REvil/Kaseya) show ransomware operations continue to pose a significant and evolving threat; forums therefore remain a valuable source of intelligence.