Phishing & Social Engineering
Scattered Spider Just Filed a Guilty Plea. The Real Threat Is That Their Playbook Is Now a Training Manual.
Tyler Buchanan, known as Tylerb, pleaded guilty in April 2026 to wire fraud conspiracy and identity theft as a senior member of Scattered Spider. The arrest and conviction will have no meaningful effect on the attack techniques Scattered Spider made famous, which have been replicated, documented, and sold across criminal markets since 2023.
Every MFA Tool in Your Stack Is Being Bypassed Right Now. Here's Exactly How.
MFA deployment announcements still appear in board-level cybersecurity updates as evidence that an organization is protected. They are not. The five techniques now routinely used to defeat MFA have been operational for years — and most organizations that deployed MFA in 2020 still have no defenses against any of them.
ADT Data Breach 2026: The Alarm Systems Weren’t Breached. Customer Trust Was.
The 2026 ADT breach is not important because attackers reportedly stole another customer database. It is important because ADT sits at the intersection of digital identity, SaaS access, physical security, customer trust, and extortion. When a security company loses customer data, the risk is not limited to fraud. It becomes a credibility problem for the entire operating model.
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