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…
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