The Pig Butchering Scam: From Social Engineering to Empty Wallets
You get a message from someone you don’t know. Maybe it’s a simple “Hi,” a supposed wrong number, or a random person who somehow seems very interested in your life.…
Spree Killers and Serial Killers: Understanding the Difference
The words serial killer and spree killer are often thrown around in movies, documentaries, and news headlines as if they mean the same thing. They both involve multiple victims, which…
Typosquatting: When Your Fingers Become Threat Actors
You type a website address a little too fast, hit Enter with complete confidence, and immediately realize you’ve spelled it wrong. Usually, it’s harmless. You laugh, press Backspace, and try…
Criminal Profiling: Separating Science from Fiction
Television has convinced us that criminal profilers can glance at a crime scene and instantly reconstruct an offender’s personality, habits, and life story. Reality is considerably less dramatic, but far…
Victimology: What the Victim’s Timeline Tells Us About the Killer
In cybersecurity, we often spend millions of dollars and countless hours studying the threat actor. We map infrastructure, dissect malware, and reverse-engineer code. But any experienced security consultant knows that…
How Spear Phishing Masters the Art of Deception
A spear phishing attack is a precision-guided digital strike, far more refined than the chaotic, wide-net approach of standard phishing. While common phishing is like trawling the entire ocean hoping…
Corporate Insiders and How They Operate
When people think about threats to a company, they usually imagine hooded hackers sitting in dark rooms, furiously typing while green text scrolls across their screens. Hollywood has done an…
Ecclesiastical Forensics: Between Faith and Crime
When people hear the word “forensics,” they usually imagine crime scenes, fingerprint powder, or somebody in sunglasses dramatically removing their gloves before announcing the victim died “between 8:13 and 8:17…
Ransomware Rebranding: When Cybercriminals Try a Fresh Start (Again)
In the business world, companies rebrand when sales are down, public image is damaged, or somebody in marketing decides the logo needs to look “more modern.” In the ransomware world,…
TTPs and Modus Operandi: Same Criminal Brain, Different Vocabulary
If you spend enough time reading about cyberattacks, criminal investigations, espionage, or serial killers, you eventually notice something interesting: investigators from completely different fields often describe criminals in surprisingly similar…