How Hackers Keep Access to Your Email After You Change the Password
When someone gets into a business email account, changing the password should happen immediately. But here’s the catch: once that’s done, the account still needs a full check, because other forms of access may quietly remain. During the time they had access, the attacker may have created a forwarding rule, approved a connected app, added […]
Is Your Business Website a Security Risk?
YYour website is one of those things you set up once and then stop thinking about. It sits there doing its job, so there’s no real reason to touch it. That’s exactly why a neglected website is one of the most common ways a small business gets hacked. Most small-business sites run on WordPress, which […]
Why You Should Scroll Past the First Result on Google
When you search Google for a program to download or a website to log into, the first thing you see is usually an ad. It sits at the top, marked “Sponsored,” and most people click it without a second thought — because the top result is normally what you wanted. Scammers count on exactly that. […]
How to Spot a Scam Email Now That They Look Real
For years, the advice for spotting a scam email was simple: look for bad spelling and clumsy grammar. A real bank or supplier writes properly, the thinking went, so a message full of mistakes was probably fake. It was easy to teach, and for a long time, it worked. It doesn’t anymore. Scammers now use […]
What to Do in Case of a Cyberattack (Step by Step)
If a cyberattack hits your business, what you do in the first hour really matters. It’s also the easiest time to make a costly mistake — turning off the wrong machine, deleting evidence, or replying from an email account the attacker is already reading. The steps below tell you exactly what to do, in order, […]
What Are Passkeys, and Should Your Business Use Them?
Article Summary: A passkey lets you sign in to an app or website using the same fingerprint, face, or PIN you use to unlock your phone or laptop, with no password to type. It’s built on a security standard called FIDO that can’t be phished, because the passkey only works on the real site and […]
How to Stop Scammers from Sending Emails in Your Company’s Name
Right now, with no special tools, someone could send an email that looks like it came from your company. The From line would show your domain. Your logo could be pasted straight into the message. And it could ask one of your clients to pay an invoice or update banking details — with absolutely nothing […]
QR Code Scams: What They Are and How to Protect Your Business
You scan them to check a menu, pay for parking, connect to Wi-Fi, or open a shared document. QR codes are just part of normal business now. And attackers know it. They’ve started hiding malicious links inside QR codes to slip past the security tools that would normally catch a bad link in an email. […]
How Small Business Ransomware Attacks Work (And How to Protect Against Them)
Small businesses are the most common ransomware target by volume of incidents — even though most small business owners assume hackers are busy chasing bigger fish. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: a 22-person company has enough revenue to be worth attacking, no dedicated security team to defend it, and a publicly traceable footprint that takes about […]
Why Human Habits Are Your Biggest Security Risk
Most cyberattacks don’t start with a sophisticated intrusion. They don’t begin with a shadowy figure running code against a hardened system at 3am. They start with a click on a personal email, a reused password, or a file uploaded to a familiar cloud service because the approved option felt a bit slower. The Verizon Data […]
