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How AI Is Automating Early-Stage OSINT Investigations
OSINT — open-source intelligence — means gathering information from publicly available sources: websites, social media, business filings, domain records, and anything else that isn’t hidden behind a login or a hack. Security teams have used it for years to research threats before they happen. What’s changed recently is speed. Work that used to take an…
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Passkeys Explained: The Future of Login
You’ve probably already used a passkey without fully realizing what it was. If you’ve ever unlocked a login screen with your face or fingerprint instead of typing a password, that was likely a passkey doing the work behind the scenes. What used to be an emerging idea is now genuinely mainstream: recent industry research estimates…
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How Often Should You Really Change Your Passwords?
For years, “change your password every 90 days” was treated as gospel. Plenty of businesses still enforce it, plenty of IT policies still require it, and plenty of people still quietly dread the calendar reminder that means updating a dozen logins all over again. Here’s the twist: the organization that originally popularized that advice —…
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AI in OSINT: Friend, Foe, or Both?
Ask ten OSINT professionals what they think of AI right now, and you’ll likely get ten nuanced answers — because AI in open-source intelligence isn’t a simple story. It’s not purely a helpful assistant, and it’s not purely a threat. It’s both, often at the same time, sometimes within the same investigation. This post kicks…
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Why OSINT Is Booming in 2026: Market Size, Drivers & What It Means for You
Open-source intelligence used to be a niche skill — something journalists, hobbyist investigators, and a handful of security analysts practiced quietly in the background. That’s no longer the case. In 2026, OSINT has moved firmly into the mainstream, and the numbers behind that shift are hard to ignore. The Market, By the Numbers Estimates vary…
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Smart Home Devices: 5 Security Settings to Check Today
Smart cameras, doorbells, thermostats, locks, and speakers have quietly become a normal part of most homes — and for small business owners, sometimes the office too. What doesn’t get talked about nearly as often is that most of these devices ship with security settings tuned for convenience, not protection. A device that’s easy to set…
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Is Public Wi-Fi Safe? What You Need to Know
If you’ve ever hesitated before connecting to the Wi-Fi at a coffee shop, hotel, or airport, you’ve probably heard some version of the same warning: don’t do it, someone could see everything you’re doing. That advice made a lot of sense a decade ago. Today, it’s mostly outdated — but “mostly” is doing real work…
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How to Spot a Phishing Text Message
Most cybersecurity advice focuses on email, and for good reason — but attackers have quietly shifted a lot of their effort to something people trust more and scrutinize less: text messages. It’s called smishing (a blend of SMS and phishing), and it’s grown sharply in the last few years. People are also more likely to…
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5 Pillars of a Zero Trust Framework
If you’ve read our earlier post on what Zero Trust actually means, you know the core idea: never trust access automatically, verify everything, every time. That principle is simple to say and much harder to put into practice, which is why the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) built a structured framework around it…
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ZTNA vs VPN: What’s the Real Difference?
If your business uses a VPN so remote employees can log in, you’ve probably also started seeing a newer term floating around: ZTNA, or Zero Trust Network Access. Some vendors pitch it as a VPN replacement. Others bundle it in as a feature. Almost none of them explain, in plain language, what’s actually different. Here’s…