Endpoint Security

Rupert Marais is a leading voice in the cybersecurity landscape, specializing in the intricate layers of endpoint security and the strategic defense of complex network architectures. With a career dedicated to staying ahead of emerging threats, Rupert brings a sharp, analytical perspective to the

Lead A routine help-desk email slid into an Indian banker’s inbox, draped in the language of support and stamped with quiet urgency, and the single click it invited masked a backdoor disguised as banking software while opening a covert channel tailored for spies rather than thieves. The ruse leaned

Market Context and Why It Matters Mailbox storms no longer signal mere annoyance; they now mask credential raids staged through cloud trust, browser add-ons, and scripts that look benign until they quietly seize the keys to the company. The surge in collaboration platforms and sanctioned cloud

Rupert Marais has spent years in the trenches of Windows defense and incident response, with a focus on endpoint hardening, device security, and network controls. In this conversation, he unpacks how an architectural blind spot in RPC can let a low-privileged process ride a legitimate connection

Lead: The Surprise Setup That Wouldn’t Stay Finished Few phrases on a corporate PC triggered more anxiety than a chipper banner announcing “You’re almost done setting up your PC,” surfacing months after the actual setup had been completed and right when a user needed to get work done. The timing

Rupert Marais is our in-house Security specialist with deep, hands-on experience in endpoint and device security, cybersecurity strategy, and network management. He’s worked through the quirks of Windows NT and Windows 95 to today’s modern builds, coaching teams through pranks that turned into