While the US DOJ continues its enforcement action against the pro-Iranian Handala threat actor group, new websites (or previously dormant ones) activate within less than 48h. This illustrates how difficult it is to counter online psy-op websites content – especially when their infrastructure uses “bulletproof hosting” in non-compliant or overtly hostile jurisdictions. Or simply anonymous … Read more
Photo by GuerrillaBuzz on Unsplash The profile looked clean. Too clean. No messy posts from five years ago. No awkward phase. No late-night arguments that should have been deleted but weren’t. Just a smooth timeline, polished like it had been sanded down and rebuilt. People used to call that discipline. Now it reads like infrastructure. Most analysts still … Read more
Mobile applications have become the backbone of modern digital ecosystems — powering banking, healthcare, e-commerce, and even identity systems. As mobile apps grow more complex, so do the attack surfaces they expose. In 2026, mobile pentesting is no longer just about manual testing or static code review. It’s a blend of: Runtime instrumentation AI-assisted analysis Automated pipelines Deep reverse … Read more
“The Interface Leverage Principle: First Documentation of Epistemic Substrate Loading, Submaximal Magnitude Results, and a Replicable Architecture for AI-Augmented Breakthrough Research” Author: Berend Watchus Independent non profit AI & Cyber Security Researcher. March 21, 2026 [Publication for OSINT TEAM online magazine] Using AI’s Context Window as a Temporary Brain Upgrade — How Loading a Coherent Model of … Read more
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Magnitude on Demand: How an Independent Researcher Ran, Validated, and Published a Multi-Agent AI Research System Four Months Before ‘Argonne National Laboratory USA’ Proposed One Author: Berend Watchus Independent non profit AI & Cyber Security Researcher [Publication for: OSINT TEAM, online magazine and sharing with: ‘Argonne National Laboratory USA’] March 21, 2026 The autonomous researcher discussed in … Read more
Author: Berend Watchus. Independent non profit AI & Cyber Security Researcher. [Publication for: OSINT TEAM, online magazine] a 2004 cd rom of Wikipedia in German screenshot today in 2026 The Knowledge Base of Humanity Is Compromised — and Nobody Is Minding the Door By Berend F. Watchus — Arnhem Area, Netherlands Trying to identify AI-written content on Wikipedia in 2026 is like … Read more
Videos/Webinars/Podcasts/Conferences/Training:How Intelligence Shapes Modern Corporate Risk Management with Jim BacigalupoThe Connected Intelligence Podcast | March 18, 2026https://ontic.co/resources/podcast/how-intelligence-shapes-modern-corporate-risk-management-with-jim-bacigalupo/also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kycW5I5OwFw OSINT Training Prior to Layer 8 Conference (Boston)This two-day class takes participants through 2 full days of some of our favorite OSINT skills, pairs them with real-world investigative techniques, and brings them to life through live demonstrations, … Read more