Stop clicking links in emails.

Roughly 90% of successful cyberattacks start with a click on a link inside an email. Not a sophisticated hack. Not a zero-day exploit. A click. That's the bad news. The good news is that means the fix doesn't require new software — it requires a new habit.

How one click becomes a breach

When you click a link in a phishing email, one of three things usually happens. You land on a fake login page identical to Microsoft, Google, or your bank and type your password straight to the attacker. The page silently drops malware onto your device. Or the link exploits a browser vulnerability and plants a backdoor before you've noticed anything at all.

Once they're in, attackers read your email for days or weeks. They learn who you work with, how you sign off, what your payment cycles look like. Then they impersonate you to your finance team or your clients. That's how wire fraud happens. That's how ransomware lands.

Real examples we've seen this month

The one habit that stops most of these

Never click a link in an unexpected email. Even if it looks legit. Even if you were expecting something similar. Instead: open a new browser tab, type the company's website directly, and log in from there. If the email is real, you'll see the same notification inside your account. If it's fake, you've just dodged it.