The Unveiling of Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering For years, I didn’t fully understand the impact of something I built early in my cybersecurity career. I created a framework — Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering — long […]
Playing Reindeer Games | Documenting Accuracy, Intervention, and Integrity
Playing Reindeer Games | Documenting Accuracy, Intervention, and Integrity It’s always the right time of year to keep an eye on published content. That’s especially true in my case, where I work with sensitive topics and information. That’s why I’m writing about how some of my professional pages, including […]
The Ultimate “Everything-Tech” Serenity Prayer
A modern Serenity Prayer for experts whose insights across artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, quantum computing, technology, and emerging technologies are ignored or dismissed—capturing the patience, humor, and quiet satisfaction of knowing the truth before the world catches up. The Ultimate “Everything-Tech” Serenity Prayer Grant me the serenity to […]
A Thanksgiving for Courage, Integrity, and Lasting Gifts
Why I’m Releasing This Work Today | The Turkey, the Eagle, and the Hug Heard Around the World Thanksgiving is a day when people gather with friends and family, pile their plates with too much food, switch to sweatpants by 3 p.m., and lean into one of the […]
What Happened with HunterStorm.com | Clarifying the Recent “Account Suspended” Notice
By: Hunter Storm Published: November 14, 2025 Hunter Storm is a CISO, Advisory Board Member, Black Ops Team Member, Systems Architect, and Cyber-Physical Hybrid Threat Expert. She is the originator of the Hacking Humans: Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering framework and The Storm Project: AI, Cybersecurity, Quantum, and […]
Crisis Leadership | Lessons from the Shadow CISO During the Wells Fargo Sales Practices Scandal
Leading Enterprise Security at the World’s Largest Financial Institution During the Largest Banking Scandal in History I didn’t apply for a crisis. In 2017, I was asked to “take over my new manager’s role so they could transition to a new one” and to “help out with some overdue […]
Music Chart Flashback
Finding Old Messages, Remembering What Could Have Been Welcome to this Hunter Storm music flashback! While cleaning up my messages, I stumbled upon a note I sent back in December 2014 — just before a major digital disruption stalled my momentum, possibly due to fallout from my day job […]