Jul 24, 2026 · 24 min · 8 segments
Cybersecurity is never more crucial than when it hits home. This past week, my daughter, who runs a small event planning business, was targeted by a phishing exploit known as a Click-Fix, designed to…
Colin BrittonGuest
Lou CoveyHostBeth Covey-SnedekerGuest
What Beth is describing is a variant of what's known as the ClickFix scam, which requires The scammer will try to draw a victim into a page via a phishing email, a malicious ad, a compromised website, or in this particular case, a fake video call invite that looks like legitimate service like Google Meet or a Word document viewer, a capture page, or a browser update notice.
And the page will end up displaying a bogus technical problem, like your microphone isn't working.
And basically, the thing you've got to avoid is clicking on that link that gives you the fix.
We went to our sponsor, Haven by MirrorTab, and we talked to the chief operating officer, Colin Britton, describing this particular experience with it.
And he has some interesting things to say about how to defend yourself against this.
What Beth is describing is a variant of what's known as the ClickFix scam, which requires The scammer will try to draw a victim into a page via a phishing email, a malicious ad, a compromised website, or in this particular case, a fake video call invite that looks like legitimate service like Google Meet or a Word document viewer, a capture page, or a browser update notice.
And the page will end up displaying a bogus technical problem, like your microphone isn't working.
And basically, the thing you've got to avoid is clicking on that link that gives you the fix.
We went to our sponsor, Haven by MirrorTab, and we talked to the chief operating officer, Colin Britton, describing this particular experience with it.
And he has some interesting things to say about how to defend yourself against this.
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