The Executive Threat Matrix: How Data Wipes Shift the Risk
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The Executive Threat Matrix: How Data Wipes Shift the Risk

ByPrivacyStan

The Executive Threat Matrix: How Data Wipes Shift the Risk Executives face ten major categories of threat in 2025. Each carries a different blend of risk — how often it happens — and severity — how damaging it is when it does. The chart below from ObscureIQ’s Executive Threat Matrix makes one truth unmistakable: most…

When a License Plate Becomes a Target
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When a License Plate Becomes a Target

ByPrivacyStan

When a License Plate Becomes a Target How High-Profile Individuals Can Be Tracked Using ALPR Networks ALPR systems weren’t built to track celebrities, activists, or executives. But they do it quite well. If someone knows your license plate (or even just suspects which car is yours) they can leverage public infrastructure and commercial surveillance to…

How Spyware Operators Like NSO Win and How to Defend Yourself
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How Spyware Operators Like NSO Win and How to Defend Yourself

ByPrivacyStan

How Spyware Operators Like NSO Group Win(and How to Defend Yourself) Spyware operators like NSO Group, creators of Pegasus, are not hackers chasing credit card numbers or random victims. They act with precision, patience, and state-level resources. Their success does not come from being more intelligent than engineers at Apple or Google but from playing…

Lock Down Browsers. Wipe Employee Footprints. Win Breach Wars.
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Lock Down Browsers. Wipe Employee Footprints. Win Breach Wars.

ByPrivacyStan

Lock Down Browsers. Wipe Employee Footprints. Win Breach Wars. Over 80% of security incidents now start in the browser. Chrome. Edge. Firefox. Even Safari. They’re not just productivity tools anymore. They’ve become the primary attack surface. Groups like Scattered Spider have figured this out. Instead of smashing endpoints with malware, they slip in through the…

Signals in Plain Sight (Covert Communication Channels)
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Signals in Plain Sight (Covert Communication Channels)

ByPrivacyStan

At ObscureIQ, we’re rolling out ThreatWatch. It’s our new active threat monitoring service.  Looking for threats forces us to think differently. About how signals get buried. Hidden in places most people overlook. What looks like harmless chatter, a playful meme, or even a gaming mod can sometimes carry a very different meaning. The new language…