Your Brand is Being Impersonated Right Now, and Your Customers are Paying the Price

The Attack You Never Saw Coming It started with an email that looked completely legitimate. A customer of a mid-size private bank in Pune received a message asking her to verify her net banking credentials following a “routine security update.” The sender’s domain was firstindiabnk.in, close enough to the real thing that she didn’t hesitate. […]

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April 15, 2026
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A Taxonomy of Cognitive Security

Last week, I listened to a fascinating talk by K. Melton on cognitive security, cognitive hacking, and reality pentesting. The slides from the talk are here, but—even better—Menton has a long essay laying out the basic concepts and ideas.

The whole thing is important and well worth reading, and I hesitate to excerpt. Here’s a taste:

The NeuroCompiler is where raw sensory data gets interpreted before you’re consciously aware of it. It decides what things mean, and it does this fast, automatic, and mostly invisible. It’s also where the majority of cognitive exploits actually land, right in this sweet spot between perception and conscious thought…

April 1, 2026
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Exposing the Kroll Crypto Wallet Scam

I’ve been contacted by the real Kroll (www.kroll.com) a few times over the last few years regarding various real class action lawsuits they are involved in, including as recently as a few months ago. So when I received the email below, althoug…

March 12, 2026
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