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An ethical hacker uses open-source intelligence to uncover a years-long anonymous cybercriminal in about an hour—without malware or the dark web—revealing how public data can pierce even the most careful concealment. The piece warns that modern criminals operate as organized networks, leveraging voi...
EY’s 2026 data breach was disclosed through state attorney general filings, revealing unauthorized access to a third-party IT service platform that exposed client tax documents and related personal data. The timeline shows a roughly two-week intrusion with limited detection, and the filings leave ke...
The July 13 pause suspends the third-party certification phase and shifts the timeline, but it does not cancel the underlying requirements: NIST 800-171, DFARS 7012, Level 1 self-attestation, or the work needed to prepare for Level 2. The real pressure now comes from primes, who will push compliance...
This post reframes the typical data breach narrative by following an ordinary employee, Stevie Parker, whose life and career are upended by a cyberattack that “found” her, not a hacker’s legend. Through three novels, it reveals how breaches exploit everyday work life, voices, and identities, and how...
A law firm was inches away from losing a million dollars to a patient business email compromise attack until a trained attorney paused to make one phone call, triggering a chain of safeguards that stopped the transfer. The story highlights that security success isn’t about perfect people but resilie...
This post warns that personal AI use at work is fraught with governance risks, illustrated by real cases where deleted chats or ungoverned tools still resulted in legal trouble. It breaks down the governance gap, explains why bans fail, and provides seven practical actions to get started: adopt a sa...
A retired FBI cybercrime supervisor goes inside Cambodia’s glamorous-looking scam factories to reveal a $12.5–$75 billion annual empire that traps and exploits tens of thousands of workers while targeting everyday Americans with sophisticated fake investments and “wrong number” texts. The piece lays...
Anthropic’s Zero Trust for AI Agents highlights how uncontrolled AI usage—Shadow AI—can bypass all controls, data policies, and monitoring in even small and midsize businesses. The piece argues the real risk starts with governance: align security, legal, and business leaders, implement a teeth-fille...
Ever Notice How Some People Will Do Literally Anything to Avoid an Uncomfortable Conversation? They’ll lie. They’ll cheat. They’ll create burner emails. They’ll learn cryptocurrency. They’ll download the Tor browser. They’ll browse murder-for-hire websites. But sit down and say, “Hey, we’re having m...
Your DNA Is Being Sold at Bankruptcy Court Right Now 23andMe proved privacy policies die the moment Chapter 11 gets filed. Here’s what happened to millions of genetic profiles. Chaos Brief/Cybercrime Junkies Have you ever paid a company to rob you? Because that’s exactly what millions of people did ...
