Cybersecurity Basics

Phishing simulations build real skill only when designed right: baseline first, gradual difficulty ramp, and no public shaming. Here’s how to structure a program.

Formjacking skims card data from your checkout page without touching your server. Here is how it works and the new PCI rule that addresses it.

Vendor invoice fraud, executive impersonation, and seasonal-hire scams all spike during the holidays. Here is what to watch for and how to stop it.

The FBI and FCC have warned about juice jacking at public chargers. Here is what the attack actually is and how real the risk is.

A 2026 breach exposed 1 million gym members data. Here is why fitness studios are a real target and how to lock down your member platform.

The Click That Skips the Password Entirely Most phishing training focuses on fake login pages designed to steal a password. OAuth consent phishing doesn’t bother with any of that — it sends your employee to the real Microsoft or Google login page, lets them authenticate completely legitimately, MFA and all, and then asks them to…

The Domain That Looks Right Until You Look Closely micosoft.com, paypa1.com, yourcompany-support.net — typosquatting and lookalike domains are one of the oldest tricks in phishing, and they still work because a domain that’s off by one character, or uses a different top-level domain, or embeds your real company name inside a longer fraudulent one, passes…

Infostealer malware infects a single device and quietly exfiltrates every saved password and session cookie on it. How it spreads, the warning signs, and how to contain an infection fast.

Payroll diversion fraud reroutes an employee’s paycheck with a single fake direct-deposit-change email to HR or payroll. How the attack works and the callback rule that stops it.

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…