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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.

Nearly every service you use wants you to install their app. There’s an app for everything: your bank, your shopping, even your streaming. Do you actually need them all, or are they just giving providers more access to your phone than necessary?

In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ Most apps are just the website wrapped in a different container

➡️ How a privacy-focused browser can replace many of the apps on your phone

⚡ The permissions apps get that websites don’t, including contacts, camera, storage, and background data

⭐ When installing an app genuinely makes sense and when it doesn’t

Before you install the next app, ask yourself: is this making things easier for you, or easier for them?

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You deleted the app, so your data is gone too, right? Not necessarily. When you sign up for a service and hand over your details, that information lives on the company’s servers, not just your phone. Even if you stop using the app, your data could still be sitting there years later, and if that company gets breached, your details could be exposed.

In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ Why deleting an app doesn’t remove your data from the company’s servers

➡️ How to think about the information you hand over when signing up

⚡ Steps to log in and cleanse your account before deleting an app

✨ How to request data removal under Australian privacy principles

⭐ Why you should revoke app permissions before uninstalling

☑️ How to track down old accounts through your app store and emails

❗ Checking Sign in with Google, Apple, or Facebook for linked accounts

Take the time to go through your phone and clean up properly. Deleting the app is only half the job.

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The Redirection plugin is a plugin that handles redirects, branded affiliate links, and 404 monitoring on your WordPress website.

If you rename or delete a page, the plugin ensures that the old URL is redirected to the new one so visitors and search engines don’t hit a dead end, which is great for your SEO. Redirection also provides some stats on the links without needing to touch server files. Charly has been using it for years and walks through the full setup in this episode, from install to first redirect.

In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ What the Redirection plugin does and how Charly uses it

➡️ How to install and run through the setup wizard step by step

⚡ Setting up redirects for affiliate links and tracking click stats

⭐ How permalink monitoring automatically catches URL changes before they cause 404 errors

✨ Organising redirects into groups so you can find them later

☑️ Using the log and 404 monitor to see what’s happening on your site

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If you are a small business owner wondering whether AI is about to make your skills obsolete, the biggest tech companies in the world just answered that question for you. They fired experienced staff, replaced them with AI tools, and discovered the AI costs more than the people did.

In this episode, Charly covers:

⚡ Why this matters to small business owners who are being told their skills are about to become obsolete

✅ How the Australian government’s 1990s IT outsourcing mirrors today’s big tech AI strategy

➡️ The real numbers behind tech layoffs, AI spending blowouts, and hiring freezes

✨ Why companies are experiencing a corporate-level Dunning-Kruger effect with AI

❗ Whether QA staff cuts and a string of serious Windows update bugs in 2026 are more than coincidence

⭐ The two questions every small business owner should ask before replacing a person or process with an AI tool

Your experience is not becoming obsolete. Make informed, thoughtful decisions before swapping people for tools.

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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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QR codes are everywhere. Cafes, parking meters, product packaging. We scan them without thinking, and that habit is exactly what attackers are now exploiting.

QR code phishing, also called quishing, has been flagged by both Google and the FBI in 2026 as a serious threat, and it can bypass multi-factor authentication entirely.

In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ What QR codes are and how they became embedded in everyday business

⚡ How QR code phishing uses adversary-in-the-middle proxy servers to steal credentials and session tokens

❗ Why scanning a QR code on your phone bypasses the security tools on your computer

✨ QR codes showing up in Google Calendar invites, not just emails

➡️ Practical steps to protect yourself, including browser choice and verifying login pages

No single tool or habit keeps you safe here. Understanding how these attacks work is more useful than any checklist.

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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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WordPress has had AI features added recently, but do you know the built-in tools that have been there all along? Understanding the basics could save you if AI misinterprets your prompts.

In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ How to change the number of items displayed per page using Screen Options

✅ Filtering posts by category to find what you need quickly

✅ Using Quick Edit to update a single post without opening the full editor

✅ Bulk Edit for changing categories, tags, author, comments, status and more across multiple posts at once

✅ How the same features work differently for Pages, Categories and Comments

✅ Why knowing these base functions is your safety net as AI becomes more prevalent in WordPress

These are the classic WordPress admin features that many site owners overlook, and they could be exactly what you need when something goes sideways.

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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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When a service provider makes changes to your business infrastructure without your knowledge, who is actually in control? SiteGround’s decision to force-install their own AI agent plugin on over a million WordPress sites alongside the WordPress 7.0 update is a case study in what happens when that line gets crossed.

In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ What SiteGround did with their AI plugin and why it matters for every site owner

✅ The legal exposure you face when customer data leaves your site without your knowledge

✅ How other hosting providers have made similar decisions about your infrastructure

⚡ Why “we emailed you” is not the same as consent

✅ The difference between informing someone and deciding for them

❗ What questions to start asking your hosting provider about what they’ve installed and why

Informed adults get to make their own decisions about their own businesses. Paying for a service doesn’t mean you’ve handed over control.

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Over the weekend, a run of high-value Instagram accounts - including brand accounts and a former White House page - were hijacked and resold within minutes. According to reports from those affected and footage posted by the attackers themselves, Meta’s own AI Support Assistant may have changed account recovery emails without verifying ownership, allowing hackers to reset passwords and take full control.

In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ How the Instagram account hijackings allegedly occurred via Meta’s AI Support Assistant

✅ Why your email address is the nucleus of your entire online identity

✅ What a full account takeover really means - content loss, linked payment details, and ID theft risk

⭐ Why strong security hygiene may not be enough when the platform itself allegedly has a gap

➡️ What to do now: back up what you own, platform by platform, and build your email list

If your account is on a platform, plan for what happens if access is taken from you.

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Ever wondered which accounts you're using Sign in with Google with, and how to disconnect them? Following on from Monday's episode about whether you really want to use Sign in with Google as an option, today's walkthrough shows you how to find and unlink those accounts.

In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ How to find every account linked to your Google login at myaccount.google.com

➡️ Using the Linked Apps menu to see which accounts use Sign in with Google

⚡ A practical Pinterest demonstration, from settings through to security

⭐ Why your linked email address might differ from the one you sign in with

❗ Checking your password and email access before you disconnect

✨ Setting an alternate login so you keep access if your Google account is lost

It doesn't need to be difficult. You just follow the process one step at a time.

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