Threat 01
Malicious QR Codes
Quishing turns a harmless-looking QR code into a phishing hook. Learn how malicious QR code attacks work, real-world examples, the warning signs, and how to defend your business.
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The attacks that don't look like attacks.
The most dangerous threats to your business no longer look like malware. They look like a QR code on a parking meter, a CAPTCHA that asks you to “verify,” a built-in Windows tool, or a support technician’s remote-access app. r00t4ccess breaks down how these modern attacks work — so your team can spot them first.
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Four attacks hitting businesses right now
Each of these techniques is designed to slip past antivirus, past spam filters, and past a busy employee. Click any threat for a plain-English breakdown of how it works, what it looks like, and how to defend against it.
Threat 02
Living-off-the-Land
LOTL attacks abuse trusted built-in tools like PowerShell, WMI and certutil to stay invisible. Learn how Living-off-the-Land attacks work and how to detect and defend against them.
Threat 03
ClickFix & Copy-Paste
ClickFix attacks trick people into pasting malicious commands using fake CAPTCHA and bogus error prompts. See how the copy-paste attack works and how to defend your team.
Threat 04
Malicious RMM
Attackers install legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools to quietly control victim machines. Learn how RMM abuse works, the warning signs, and how to defend.
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Modern attacks target people, not just machines
9 / 10
Breaches start with a human-facing trick
0
Malware files some of these attacks ever drop
<1 min
Time it takes a user to paste a malicious command
24/7
When your defenses need to be awake
Signature-based tools struggle here because nothing “malicious” is downloaded. The attacker borrows your trust, your software and your own operating system.
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How Pendergrass Consulting helps you stay ahead
Assess
Find the gaps first
Penetration testing and security assessments that probe the same weaknesses these attacks rely on — before someone else does.
Train
Build a human firewall
Security awareness training that turns quishing, ClickFix and fake-support calls into things your team recognises instantly.
Defend
Watch and respond
Managed IT, monitoring and endpoint hardening so suspicious behaviour gets caught and contained — not discovered weeks later.
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