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Stay a step ahead of scams.

Guides and articles on phishing, online safety and privacy — for families and security teams alike.

Business

“We have MFA” — is that enough?

MFA blocks 99% of password attacks — but modern phishing steals the session token after you pass it. Why MFA alone no longer stops phishing.

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Research

Why phishing awareness training doesn’t work

The biggest study yet found training barely moves the needle — and the latest attacks are built to beat the one thing it teaches.

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Business

The economics of phishing: $120 in, $4M out

A campaign costs an attacker ~$120. A breach costs you millions. The brutal asymmetry behind why phishing dominates.

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Business

Phishing is the tip of the iceberg

The click is just the entrance. See the ransomware, BEC and downtime that follow — and what it really costs a business.

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Research

What are phishing kits?

Phishing is now a subscription business that bypasses MFA. What kits are, and why they power most attacks today.

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Guide

The anatomy of a phishing attack

Phishing keeps beating better technology because it never aimed at your technology. The six stages of an attack — and the psychology that makes it work.

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Research

The latest phishing techniques in 2026

AiTM, browser-in-the-browser, quishing, ClickFix, AI deepfakes, vishing. The techniques defining 2026 — and the defense each one is built to beat.

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Business

Antivirus, VPN, MFA: what actually stops phishing?

You already own security tools. Here’s what each one really stops — and the gap they all leave open.

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Privacy

Is a browser security extension safe to install?

It can read your pages — so should you trust it? How to vet one, and what a good extension never does.

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Business

The best phishing protection in 2026

Email gateways, DNS filtering, isolation, training, passkeys, real-time detection — honestly compared.

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Guide

Free phishing protection: what you actually get

What the free browser protection covers, what paid adds, and why free is genuinely worth installing.

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Guide

Tech-support scams & fake virus pop-ups

The scary “your computer is infected” pop-up, explained — with the red flags and what to do.

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Guide

Fake online stores & shopping scams

Too-good deals, cloned checkouts and fake stores — how to spot one before you enter your card.

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Guide

Fake delivery scams: the “package held” text

“Pay a small fee to release your parcel.” Why the delivery scam works, and how to beat it.

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Guide

Job & recruitment scams

A dream remote job from a recruiter you never contacted. The signs of a fake offer.

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Families

Protecting elderly parents from online scams

Older adults lose the most. The scams that target them, and practical steps to protect your parents.

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Business

Stop phishing with no IT team

You don’t need a security team. A five-step plan small businesses can actually run.

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Business

Phishing by industry: who gets targeted

Finance, healthcare, legal, education, retail — what attackers want from each, and why costs vary.

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Research

How real-time phishing detection works

Blocklists react to known attacks. How judging the page as it loads catches the ones no one has reported yet.

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Brand Protection

How referral-URL monitoring catches brand-impersonation phishing

Phishing kits send victims to your real site to avoid suspicion — and that redirect can leave a fingerprint in your logs. Here’s how to use it.

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Interactive

Quiz: could you spot the fake?

12 real-world scams and genuine messages. Most people miss a few — see how you score in 2 minutes.

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Guide

Why EDR & antivirus miss web-based threats

Work moved into the browser, and so did the attacks — a layer endpoint tools were never built to see.

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Guide

What is zero-day phishing — and why filters miss it

How never-before-seen phishing slips past traditional defences, and what catches it.

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Guide

How to spot a fake login page

Practical signs that a login page isn't what it claims to be.

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Families

Protecting your family online: a simple guide

Everyday steps to keep kids, parents and grandparents safe from scams.

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Business

Business email compromise, explained

How BEC attacks work and how to defend high-value targets.

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Business

Brand impersonation 101

Why scammers clone your brand, and how takedowns work.

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Privacy

Security without surveillance

How protection can work without collecting your browsing.

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Guide

How to tell if a website is safe

A 2026 checklist for telling a safe site from a scam — before you log in or pay.

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Guide

I clicked a phishing link — what to do now

A calm, step-by-step guide to limiting the damage in the next few minutes.

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Guide

What is quishing? QR code scams explained

How QR-code phishing hides malicious links that email filters can't read.

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Email

How to spot a phishing email

The red flags that give away a phishing email — and the checks that catch the rest.

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Guide

Smishing: how to spot fake text scams

Fake delivery alerts, bank warnings and 'wrong number' texts, decoded.

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Guide

Is this email a scam? A 60-second check

Five quick checks to judge any suspicious email in under a minute.

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Guide

How to check if a link is safe before you click

Preview where a link really goes — in emails, texts and on pages — before you click.

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Guide

How to report a phishing website or scam

Where to report scam sites, emails and texts so they get blocked faster.

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Guide

Why blocklists fail against never-before-seen threats

Why list-based and DNS filtering miss new, aged, “pickled,” and compromised domains.

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Research

Independent research puts SafeToOpen to the test

Researchers tested browser extensions against live spear-phishing — here’s what they found.

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