Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, but they’re also prime targets for cybercriminals. While many owners assume hackers only go after large corporations, the reality is stark: the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report found that small businesses (fewer than 1,000 employees) suffered 2,842 confirmed data breaches compared to just 751 at large enterprises. That means attackers are hitting smaller companies nearly four times as often. Cybersecurity is no longer optional—it’s survival. Below are the top five cyber risks small businesses face today, why they matter, and how you can protect your company—without turning your day into a full‑time IT firefight.

Browser extensions are supposed to make life easier—VPNs for privacy, screenshot tools for productivity, ad blockers for sanity, or even unofficial translation helpers. But as we’ve warned before in our post about malicious Chrome extensions hijacking WhatsApp, convenience can come at a cost. Extensions are software, and software can create risk.

Now, a new campaign called GhostPoster has taken that risk to spooky new heights. Researchers discovered that attackers embedded malicious JavaScript inside the logo files of 17 Mozilla Firefox add‑ons. These haunted extensions were collectively downloaded more than 50,000 times, disguising themselves as everyday utilities while secretly hijacking affiliate links, injecting tracking code, and committing click and ad fraud.

In The Matrix, déjà vu isn’t just a memory trick. It’s a glitch in the simulation — the machines tweak the code, and suddenly you see the same thing twice. For Neo, it was a black cat walking past twice. For us in cybersecurity, it’s Fortinet showing up in the headlines again.

This time, the glitch is tied to FortiGate firewalls. Threat actors are actively exploiting two newly disclosed flaws — CVE‑2025‑59718 and CVE‑2025‑59719 — that allow attackers to bypass SAML SSO authentication. Patches were released last week, but déjà vu means you need to patch again.

Your favorite notepad app just made headlines — and not for a new feature. Notepad++ patched a critical flaw in its updater that allowed attackers to hijack update traffic. The vulnerability stemmed from improper authentication of update files in earlier versions, meaning malicious actors could push fake updates to unsuspecting users. Version 8.8.8 fixes the issue, but the bigger story is what this says about third‑party patching.

It’s not a Marvel movie trailer — it’s the latest headline in cybersecurity. A new phishing kit dubbed Spider‑Man has swung onto the scene, and instead of saving the day, it’s weaving a Web of Deception across Europe’s financial sector.