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A security operations center split into two separate divisions—one team monitoring digital threats on screens, another team on a different floor reviewing physi
AI Security

Your Security Team Is Split in Two. Criminals Are Not.

Deepfakes and AI-powered scams now cross physical and digital boundaries at the same time. Most company security programs aren't built to follow.

4 min read
A Wellington parking meter in daylight with a fraudulent QR code sticker covering the legitimate one, parked cars visible in the background
Threat Intelligence

Fake QR Code Stickers Found on Wellington Parking Meters

Criminals stuck fraudulent QR codes over real ones on parking meters across New Zealand's capital. Scanning them could send your payment somewhere it was never meant to go.

3 min read
An ATM machine photographed from the front with interior cash mechanisms visible through the open service panel, in a law enforcement evidence context
Threat Intelligence

Eight Years for ATM Jackpotting: What the Sentence Tells Us About Cash Machine Crime

A Venezuelan national just received what prosecutors are calling a record federal prison term for a scheme that drained ATMs of millions. Here is what happened, and why it is harder to pull off than it looks on TV.

3 min read
Illustration: a large outdoor venue or stadium surrounded by crowds
Threat Intelligence

Before Anyone Reaches the Gate: Why Event Security Starts in the Digital World

The real threats to a major concert, championship or political gathering often take shape online, days or weeks before the first fan walks through the door.

3 min read
A warehouse floor with a humanoid robot performing tasks among human workers, with visible electronic joints and cables exposed, surrounded by question marks an
AI Security

Give an AI a Body and You Give It an Attack Surface

Warehouses and factories are buying humanoid robots before security teams have a single audit standard to work from. Here's what that means for the people on the floor.

4 min read
Illustration: a modern bank ATM machine
Vulnerabilities

Nine Security Flaws Found in ATM Encryption Software, and Nobody Agrees How Bad It Is

A researcher found serious bugs in software that locks ATM hard drives. The world's biggest ATM maker says they don't matter. The researcher disagrees. The truth is somewhere uncomfortable.

4 min read
Illustration: floodlights illuminating the pitch, surrounding city lights fading into the distance
Threat Intelligence

Before the Crowds Arrive: Why Event Security Has to Start Online

From the FIFA World Cup to America's 250th birthday celebrations, the biggest gatherings of 2025 face threats that begin weeks before the first ticket is scanned, and most of those early warning signs appear on the internet, not at the gate.

3 min read
Illustration: several plain black USB thumb drives scattered across weathered asphalt in a parking lot
Threat Intelligence

The USB Drop That Changed Pen Testing: Steve Stasiukonis's Credit Union Experiment, Revisited

Twenty years ago, a handful of booby-trapped thumb drives in a parking lot became one of the most-cited social-engineering case studies in security history. What actually happened, and why it still matters.

3 min read
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