Cleo the Cat

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Welcome to Catograph[.]Net

Cleo the Cat
Author: catograph.net
Released: September 24th, 2025

Do you like cats, maps, or cybersecurity? If you answered yes to any of those choices, you're in the right spot. Catograph.net aims to be a super casual blog regarding all the above. Articles and maps created here will be accessible to audiences of any skill level. If you're more experienced, you may skip sections which break down concepts, and feel free to give feedback to earn a spot on the credits page if you think something looks not quite right.

Purpose



1 | Cats

Catograph.net's mascot is Cleo, nestled into the box of the logo. Cleo's birthday is October 3rd, and she is turning 4 next month! Please do not let her adorable looks deceive you. Cleo is an agent of chaos. Her favorite hobbies consist of sitting on keyboards, crashing programs, and interrupting team games at the worst possible moment, often preceded by: “hi, cleo…”. Over time more cats will be added to the website. If you would like your cat potentially added to the Cats page, contact the author over Discord.

2 | Analyze Recent Events in Cyber

This blog will assess current cybersecurity events and break them down, comparing them against previous events to seek out patterns. Although the focus is cyber, this will spill into related topics like machine learning and artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and privacy standards and regulations, and new tech advancements.

3 | Explore Open Source Tools and Share Security Tips

There are many open source tools out there with awesome capabilities. This blog will explore some of them and is always open to suggestions. Tips will be sprinkled in here and there too on small things anyone can do to make their overall internet experience a little more safe and secure.

4 | Improve the Ransomware Victimology Project

The Ransomware Victimology Project (RVP) is an ongoing effort to map ransomware attacks. This project was started back in 2023 rather informally without much of a scope and coalesced into a capstone research project at grad school during summer 2025. Initially, the goal was to publish summer research findings in an academic journal. However, due to how rapidly the cyber landscape changes, and due to how some journals may limit the access of information, it felt more fitting to continue the project here in a public space and to add improvements. More content related to it will be added over time on its dedicated page.

5 | Create and Maintain Maps

In the beginning, most of the maps released will be related to the Ransomware Victimization Project. Over time, maps will break into different topics. Catograph.net uses ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online to create maps; note a free open source alternative is QGIS.

Credits and Contact

Please check out the credits page at your leisure to see everyone who has contributed to Catograph.net so far! If you would like to join the credits, a few qualifying examples are:

  • Catching and reporting an error on the website.
  • Offering a website suggestion which becomes planned or implemented.
  • Directly contributing to or authoring an article or map for the website.

For contacting Catograph.net, kindly use Discord or email. If you opt to contact by email and you would like a response, please indicate that in your first message. Email responses are handled through a separate domain.


Citation

Catograph.net. (2025, September 24). Welcome to Catograph[.]Net. Catograph.net. https://catograph.net/article/1/welcome

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