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Marcello Delcaro
Phended is a Canadian cybersecurity company. We build security that works for the people using it.
I started in software supply chain security in 2020, at aDolus Technologies, right as SolarWinds broke. For the next five years I researched and took apart the major supply chain attacks, from 3CX to the XZ backdoor. I worked on a binary analysis engine that Fortune 500 companies and critical infrastructure operators used. Exiger acquired aDolus in 2024.
Security teams drown in warnings and still miss the one change that matters. The IT admin who is already burnt out has to pick the security tools, and most of those tools add work. The parent who gets scammed does not read breach reports and gets almost no help. They need someone to tell them, in plain words, what to do next.
Phended started in 2023 as an idea: teach people about security in words they can follow. That idea became a small family of tools. I built each one to do one job, in plain words.
I also teach. I taught at Vancouver Island University, where I trained new IT professionals. I also volunteered at ElderCollege on Vancouver Island to teach cybersecurity and AI.
Phended Learn
Courses and guides to spot a scam before you click.
Dave
Paste a strange message. Dave tells you what to do.
Phended Trace
Tracks stolen crypto and builds a report for the police.
Vigilance
Catches supply chain attacks before the damage is done.
Plain language, always.
If a nine-year-old or a ninety-year-old can't follow it, we rewrite it. We avoid acronyms as much as we can.
Canada-first.
We lead with the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, PIPEDA, and CRA guidance. US-applicable context follows for readers south of the border.
No fear-mongering.
Most cybersecurity marketing sells fear. We don't, because people make worse choices when they panic.
Show the one thing that matters.
A long list of warnings gives you more work. Every Phended product tries to show you the one thing you need to act on.