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Death of United Healthcare’s CEO Was Likely a Preventable Tragedy
Police are currently searching for an individual who shot and killed United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, the morning of Wednesday,…
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Successfully Resolving an Attempted Swatting Attack: A TorchStone Case Study
We highlight lessons learned from our experience dealing with swatting attacks and provide a case study in how Residential Security…
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Physical Threats Against Virtual Currency
While criminals certainly continue virtual attacks against cryptocurrency networks (more often exploiting human than software vulnerabilities), many criminal actors have…
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2024 Election Unrest Guide: Learning Lessons and Avoiding a Repeat of 2020
As Mark Twain famously quipped, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” There are multiple indicators that the 2024…
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Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Preparing for a Global Protest Campaign
October 7, 2023 marks the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attacks against Israel that triggered an Israeli military retaliation that continues…
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When it’s Better to Leave Your Watch at Home
An armed 17-year-old approached San Francisco 49ers rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall near San Francisco’s Union Square and demanded his…
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Executive Protection Trends: First Half of 2024
TorchStone has documented 231 incidents targeting high profile individuals around the world over the first six months of 2024. Threats…
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Methodologies in Threat Intelligence: Examples in Addressing Sports Betting
Threat intelligence is key to identifying the threats and vulnerabilities to ensure that organizations can maximize the efficiency of their…
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Security Update: 2024 Olympic Games Paris, France
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games present a high-value target for a variety of threat actors seeking to undermine the event…
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Threat Comes Home
During the many years we’ve spent studying attacks against high-profile individuals, we’ve seen that quite a few notable incidents have…
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