Research
Black Hat 2026 Buzzword Index
BH 2026 felt more buzzwordy than usual. We measured every sponsor's Black Hat profile and landing page to see which buzzwords dominate, which are rising, and which are dying.
Read articleFinic / Field Notes
Writing for teams catching the pattern before it becomes a loss line.
Research and operating notes from the Finic team — organized fraud, investigation tradecraft, and how to catch rings earlier than your stack does today.
Get notes by emailUpcoming sessions
- Regulatory briefing/ Wednesday, July 29, 2026
What Risk Executives Need to Know About FinCEN's Updated 314(b) Guidance
10:00 AM PT · 25 minutes + live Q&A
Save your seat - Fireside discussion/ Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Fraud Intel Sharing: What Actually Works
10:00 AM PT · 25 minutes + live Q&A
Save your seat
Latest
03
August 6, 20264 min readBy Jason Fan
More writing
- Launch/ May 13, 2026
Open-source fraud investigation skills for AI agents
First Agent Skills purpose-built for fraud analysts. Drop them into Claude Code, Cowork, or Codex so your agent investigates this week's patterns.
5 min read · By Jason Fan
- Fraud Strategy/ May 7, 2026
The most expensive fraud event is the one you haven't named yet
Rules and models are useful once a pattern has a name. Organized fraud rings make money before that.
6 min read · By Jason Fan