Protecting Yourself from Doxing

What is Doxing? Doxing is when someone publishes the personal information of their targets. Doxing uses personal contact information or personally identifiable information (PII) to escalate harassment against their target, which could be you. Generally, harassers use...

Security Round-Up 20 October 2023

Privacy, Safety & OSINT Highlights for week of 16-20 Oct 2023 Harassment & Stalking Headlines Man Arrested After Stalking Woman Through Social Media and Final Fantasy 14 [GameRant] A man in Tokyo, Japan was arrested for stalking and harassing a woman through...

Threat Modeling for Harassment, Stalking or Intimate Partner Violence

First, let’s define threat modeling, so you have some context. Threat modeling is a way to help predict what can happen by looking at what happened in the past. For victims of harassment, stalking or intimate partner violence, threat modeling & understanding your...

How to Spot Romance Scams

What we’ll cover: Romance scams by the numbers Who scammers target Why they do it Rise of Sextortion How to spot the scammer What to do next Romance Scams by the Numbers In 2022, monetary losses to romance scams was estimated to be US $1.3 billion. This is based on...

Spot Patterns: Baseline Behaviors and Red Flags

What is a behavioral baseline? There are several descriptions for what constitutes a baseline level of behavior, however, the accepted understanding is the frequency, duration or intensity of a behavior. Alternatively, Psychology Dictionary describes behavioral...