A chance conversation about a student hacking competition, and what it revealed about advocacy performed for an audience rather than done for the people it claims to serve.
What searching for a dentist after moving to California explains about how customers really choose vendors when dozens are circling for their attention.
A comparison of Optery, Kanary, DeleteMe and OneRep: what data-removal services actually do about your digital footprint, and where they differ.
Instagram account recovery quietly disappearing for some hacked accounts once the attacker changes the email and phone, and what the official guidance leaves out.
An ongoing investigation into card fraud traced to Express Store 2401, updated as more readers report the same mystery charge.
A results-injection attack against sites running Solr search, where crafted links turned search parameters into content Google crawled and indexed as real.
A year of phishing screenshots gathered from honeypots and other sources, and why these sites go largely unreported even though reporting them is what protects the next victim.
Following up on the 2018 AlphaRacks phishing operation: abuse that never paused, reports that were never answered, and the provider finally going dark.
Five years as a DeepSentinel customer, ended by a sudden quadrupling of the rate and a video explanation that did not survive scrutiny.
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