# Circuit Magazine

> The security industry's trusted source for intelligence, analysis, and professional development — covering protection, cybersecurity, risk management, and more.

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## Posts
- [NSA and CISA Warn Russian Hackers Target Critical Infrastructure Routers](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/russian-router-attacks-critical-infrastructure): A July 13 joint advisory, co-sealed by agencies from 13 countries, details how Russia's FSB Center 16 harvests configurations from poorly secured network devices.
- [Supreme Court Seeks $230M Security Budget as Judge Threats Climb](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/supreme-court-security-budget-threats): Justices Kagan and Barrett told Congress on July 14 that most of the growth in the court's request would fund protection for justices, their families and their homes.
- [US Embassy Warns of Nicaragua Mass Gatherings Around July 19 Holiday](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/us-embassy-nicaragua-mass-gatherings-july-alert): A July 13 security alert flags marches and roadblocks across Managua and beyond, with detention risk for those who film or join protests.
- [NCA Charges Five Over Russian Coms Call-Spoofing Fraud Platform](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/nca-charges-five-russian-coms-spoofing-platform): British investigators charged five Londoners on July 13 over Russian Coms, a spoofing service tied to more than 1.8 million scam calls.
- [The Quiet Detail](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/the-quiet-detail): A prominent murder that changed shape in a week, open war at Hormuz, and a network charged across three continents.
- [The OSINT Advance Toolkit Every Protective Detail Should Run](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/osint-advance-toolkit-protective-detail): A field-ready open-source intelligence workflow for building venue, route, and threat intelligence before your principal moves
- [UK Police Arrest Second Suspect in Ann Widdecombe Murder](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/ann-widdecombe-murder-second-arrest): Devon and Cornwall Police detained a 28-year-old in South Yorkshire, 200 miles from the former MP's Dartmoor home where she was found dead on July 9.
- [Iran Strikes Jordan and Gulf, Triggering Airspace and Shelter Alerts](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/iran-strikes-jordan-gulf-embassy-shelter-alerts): US embassies in Jordan and Oman issued shelter-in-place and travel warnings after Iranian missiles and drones hit several states on July 9 and 12.
- [INTERPOL Fraud Sweep Nets 5,811 Arrests Across 97 Countries](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/interpol-operation-first-light-2026-fraud-arrests): Operation First Light 2026 seized $293 million tied to social engineering scams, with one Thai wallet moving $122 million on its own.
- [Safe By Reputation](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/safe-by-reputation): A Monaco bombing, an update on the White House plot, and Russia's pressure campaign on UK soil.
- [The Digital Footprint Audit Every Protection Program Still Skips](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/digital-footprint-audit-osint-exposure): A Repeatable OSINT Audit Closes the Digital Exposure Gap Most Protection Programs Still Miss
- [Through the Front Door](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/through-the-front-door): Fake IT staff walk into offices, a Gulf truce collapses in nine days, and an ambush opens with one call.
- [From Operator to Owner](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/start-security-company-without-burning-out): Building a Scalable Security Company Without Burning Out
- [Hired Hands](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/hired-hands): When states outsource violence, the contractor is younger than you think
- [When the Principal Won't Listen](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/managing-difficult-principal-close-protection): Managing Compliance, Ego, and Risk in High-Profile Details
- [How to Win a Retainer Contract with a UHNW Client](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/how-to-win-a-retainer-contract-with-a-uhnw-client): The buy-side checklist, the pricing math, and the pitch that turns day rates into a retainer.
- [Terms and Conditions](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/terms-and-conditions): Plus how a maritime militia started picking targets by who owns them, and what hostile surveillance looks like up close.
- [The Long Approach](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/the-long-approach): Plus: how a government counternarcotics operation drove cartel violence to its highest level in seven years — weeks before the World Cup opens in Guadalajara.
- [The EP Salary Benchmark 2026](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/the-ep-salary-benchmark-2026): What Security Professionals Are Actually Earning
- [The Surveillance Blind Spot](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/the-surveillance-blind-spot): Seven counter-surveillance failures that leave executive protection programs exposed to preventable attacks
- [Within Range](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/within-range): Plus: An IRGC operative had floor plans of Trump's Florida home — and what PSG's Champions League title cost Paris.
- [Point of Contact](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/point-of-contact): Plus: Iranian factional violence reaches London — and what a stay-away order cannot guarantee.
- [The Insider Blind Spot](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/the-insider-blind-spot): Insider threat programs built around cybersecurity are leaving physical security teams exposed. OSINT is the detection layer most organizations haven't deployed yet.
- [Inside the Proxy War](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/inside-the-proxy-war): Plus: a drone strike on a nuclear plant on the Arabian Peninsula, Ukraine's largest attack of the war, and covert Israeli bases in the Iraqi desert.
- [The Liability Gap](https://www.circuit-magazine.com/p/the-liability-gap): Why courts are pushing security agencies away from Tasers and toward a restraint device with zero lawsuits on record