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When Visibility Becomes Vulnerability: IRL Livestreaming and Real-Time Exposure Risk

Cybersecurity, Protective IntelligenceFebruary 3, 2026

As IRL livestreaming increasingly brings audiences into real-world settings, real-time visibility is collapsing the barrier between online engagement and physical access. Recent incidents demonstrate how live exposure can accelerate harassment, stalking, and targeted violence, underscoring the growing need for threat awareness and protective intelligence for publicly visible creators.

Cyber Actors Defy Simple Labels

CybersecurityJuly 1, 2025

There is inherent danger in oversimplifying threat actors in order to quickly classify them. When we disregard the sometimes subtle differences in the character, motive, and capabilities between threat actors, we can either over- or under-estimate their capabilities. This same principle applies to cyber actors. A briefing by a cybersecurity expert who discussed the latest…

Physical Threats Against Virtual Currency

Cybersecurity, Identity ProtectionOctober 30, 2024

While criminals certainly continue virtual attacks against cryptocurrency networks (more often exploiting human than software vulnerabilities), many criminal actors have determined that it’s more effective to use force against their targets in the physical world.

Not Your Father’s Honey Trap: Digitizing a Timeless Threat

Corporate Security, CybersecurityMay 21, 2024

In the physical world it would be impossible for a bearded Iranian man named Ali to pose as a female British photographer and approach multiple men in different countries at the same time. But in cyberspace, catfishing allows government operators to use “false flag” approaches to attack multiple targets anywhere on the globe, using any…

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Cyber Threats Part 5: Supply Chain Attacks

CybersecurityJuly 29, 2022

The fifth in a five-part cyber threat series focuses on supply chain attacks. This indirect approach will exploit a weakness in one company’s cyber defenses to gain access to thousands of other targets. Whether it is an organization allowing vendors and suppliers network access, or a software-as-a-service company pushing out updates to its customers,…

The Benefits of Living Gray – Part Three: On the Internet

Cybersecurity, Family security, Identity ProtectionDecember 15, 2020

Living gray on the Internet means being conscious and careful of what you post, and what other information those posts may contain. Social media can be a valuable tool for criminals to target less wary persons who share location check-ins, vacation plans, or even work details. An individual post may not display much, but together,…