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You tick the box that says “I’m not a robot”, but instead of the usual puzzle, the page asks you to press a few keys on your keyboard to prove you are human. That request is the warning sign. In this Walkthrough Wednesday, Charly walks through a fake CAPTCHA attack that hijacks your clipboard to install information stealers, using a Malwarebytes article to show you what these screens look like and why the wording should put you off straight away.
In this episode, Charly covers:
✅ What a fake CAPTCHA screen looks like and the moment it stops behaving normally
➡️ Why being asked to press Windows key R, Control V and Enter is never a normal verification step
⚡ How the website quietly copies a command into your clipboard and what running it actually does
⭐ The malware behind it, including Lumma Stealer and SecTopRAT
❗ What to do if you see this, from leaving the site to clearing your clipboard
✨ How Charly weighs up safety against convenience using different browsers and disabling JavaScript
If a website ever asks you to run a command on your computer, stop and think twice.
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Life is busy and there's just so many things to remember. What tools do you use to help you keep on top of ALL the things?
It's easy to react or respond quickly to messages and the like. It's better to do that mindfully. That's why I try to Practice The Pause.
What do arsenic in beer, faulty computer chips and a supply chain attack have in common? A problem can reach you through a product you trust, from a supplier you’ve never heard of.
An AFP investigation prompted Charly to look at how far back these problems go:
✅ A brewery’s ingredients brought something nobody ordered into the beer.
➡️ IBM found itself dealing with a problem in Intel’s chips.
⚡ Shared software can carry one compromise into many different products.
⭐ Being careful still leaves a place for a recovery plan.
There are lessons here for your business, including why choosing a trusted supplier is only part of managing the risk.
Join Charly for Firewall Friday and consider what you’d need to keep your business running if a supplier’s problem became yours.
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Starting a business and want an email address on your own domain without setting up your full email system yet?
Cloudflare Email Routing gives you a useful and inexpensive place to start.
Today, Charly shares how to create a branded business email address and have anything sent to it forwarded to an inbox you already use:
➡️ Why you would use Cloudflare Email Routing
✅ Set up Cloudflare Email Routing for your domain
⚡ What to consider when using this option.
If you're getting a new business off the ground, though, it can give you somewhere to receive branded email while you get the rest of your email infrastructure sorted.
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AI search is changing how customers find businesses but it doesn’t make your website less important, it just changes how you use it Jenna Hannon, founder of Hatter, joins Charly to explain what the move from SEO to Answer Engine Optimisation means for your content and your leads.
Their conversation covers things like:
✅ Customer questions matter more than keyword density on a page on your site
➡️ AI recommendations may reach buyers without sending every visitor to your site and what that really means for a Business Owner
⚡ Why it's important to have separate service pages
⭐ Why "human in the loop" is a priority for any AI assisted process
If you're interested in having your content "cited" in the AI Search Results (and you should be), there are practical lessons here for business owners.
Listen to the conversation before you replace your SEO playbook or press the button on an automated content tool.
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