What the fake CAPTCHA actually looks like on screen Your bookkeeper clicks a link in a vendor email — a PDF invoice hosted on a site she does not recognize but has no reason to distrust. The page loads and shows a checkbox that looks exactly like the “I’m not a robot” widget she has…
SmallBizSecurityGuide is reader-supported. If you buy through links on this page we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. The email looks like a voicemail, and the login page is perfect Your office manager gets a message that looks like it came from a coworker: a shared document, or a missed-call notification…
The email that does not look like an attack It is 4:10 on a Thursday. Your bookkeeper opens an email from the controller at a supplier you have paid monthly for six years. Same signature block, same logo. Subject line: Updated remittance details. Their bank completed a merger, the old account closes Friday, please route…
The email that lands three days before signature Your salesperson forwards a message from the buyer’s procurement analyst. Subject line: “Third-Party Information Security Assessment — Tier 2, required before contract execution.” Attached is a spreadsheet with four tabs and 214 numbered rows. Column C is a dropdown limited to Yes, No, Partially, and N/A. Row…
The Install Nobody Approved Your bookkeeper is copying invoice totals out of a customer portal into a spreadsheet, and it is tedious, so she searches the Chrome Web Store for “copy table to spreadsheet.” The third result has four stars and 90,000 users. She clicks Add to Chrome. A gray box says the extension can…
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