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Hacking people, not computers: what Kevin Mitnick taught
Four Twitter employees took a phone call and 130 accounts fell. Kevin Mitnick described that move, pretexting, in 2002. What the pattern looks like from the receiving end, three documented cases, and the call-back rule that beats it.
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The CEO on the video call was not real: deepfake fraud 2024-2026
An Arup employee sent US$25.6 million after a video call where nobody was real. Deepfake fraud against companies and families, the documented cases from Arup to a cloned Italian minister, and the cheap rules that beat any fake.
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What my honeypots reveal about how attackers think
One machine knocked on my honeypot 17,066 times in under nine hours. Eight months of counts show how automated attackers think: speed over skill, a few persistent machines, no sleep, and lists that follow fashion.
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Pig butchering: the romance and investment scams run from compounds
A $15 billion bitcoin seizure, 120,000 people held in Myanmar compounds, $8.6 billion in US investment-fraud losses. How pig butchering works from the victim's side, who types the messages, and the signs to stop early.
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High-control groups: how cults recruit and hold people
918 people died at Jonestown, yet only about 4% of Unification Church workshop attendees were full-time members two years on. How high-control groups recruit and hold people, the checklists, the scholarly critics, and the warning signs.
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Deepfakes and voice clones: what changed from 2023 to 2026
A cloned Biden voice called New Hampshire voters in 2024; a fake audio clip hit Slovakia's 2023 election. Their effect on results is not shown. People catch fake voices about 73% of the time and detectors falter on real fakes. Verification beats detection.
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Urgency, authority, scarcity: the six levers in every scam
Americans reported losing $20.9 billion to online crime in 2025. Most of it was handed over, not hacked. Cialdini's six levers mapped onto real scams, what phishing research found, and why a pause beats them all.