Threat Spotlight: Capitol x Kremlin: Will US Politics Reshape Russian Cyber Threats?

Executive summary: This report analyzes how recent US policy changes could alter the cyber threat landscape, documents an active surge in DragonForce ransomware activity and its new RaaS "cartel" model (including attacks on UK retailers), highlights Clop's Cleo supply-chain exploitation as an example of high-impact supply-chain abuse, and provides tactical mitigations—patching, social-engineering awareness, blocking unauthorized RMM, and disabling RDP—to reduce risk.