I clicked the link. Is my phone hacked?

2026-01-23T08:00:01-08:00January 23rd, 2026|

This question comes up constantly, both with iPhones and Androids.

In the vast majority of text phishing (smishing) cases, clicking a malicious link does not install malware on your phone like a traditional app.

What usually happens instead:
• The malicious code runs in memory
• Often inside the browser or […]

Nothing looked wrong. $600,000 still disappeared.

2026-01-13T10:00:55-08:00January 13th, 2026|

A BEC Scam isn’t a hack. It’s a failure to verify.

Several years ago, Risk Control Strategies worked its first Business Email Compromise case.

More than $600,000 had been redirected to fraudsters in China. Our review of the evidence established a simple but damaging truth: two court-ordered judgment payments […]

Nature leaves patterns. (So do people.)

2026-01-07T06:58:07-08:00January 7th, 2026|

I took this photo last week, in Scotland, of a faerie circle with Dunure Castle in the background.

The castle dates back to the 1200s and once hosted Mary, Queen of Scots in 1563. Centuries of power, loyalty, and betrayal played out there before it was ultimately gutted […]

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