Phishing
"Your account will be closed in 24 hours" — attackers manufacture this to stop you thinking.
What is urgency?
IT can reset one of these, but they should never ask you to tell them yours.
What is a password
Clicked on something phishy! ...The very next action.
What is a ticket into IT and internal resources
Putting confidential company information into this type of AI tool can create security and privacy risks
What is a consumer chatbot?
Pressing Alt + Tab lets you quickly do this
What is switching between open applications?
A "missed delivery" link that arrives by text message instead of email.
What is smishing?
The one place your password should never live: stuck to your monitor or under your keyboard.
What is a sticky note?
Someone you don't recognise follows you through the badge-controlled door.
What is tailgating?
This Microsoft AI tool keeps your prompts and responses within your organisation's secure environment
What is Microsoft Copilot?
Pressing Windows + L instantly does this to your computer
What is locking your screen?
Valerie'sHoose.com may be in Scotland but is more likely an example of this.
What is CyberSquatting
The thing that keeps attackers out even if they have your password
What is MFA
Working on a donor report from a coffee shop. The safer alternative to their free wifi.
What is a phone's hotspot.
The instructions or questions you give an AI are called this.
What is a prompt?
Pressing Windows + Shift + S lets you quickly capture part of your screen
What is the Snipping Tool?
This email says your CEO needs gift cards immediately and can't take calls.
What is a phishing scam?
This tool remembers unique passwords for all your accounts so you don't have to.
What is a password manager?
Cyber criminals count on people doing this before they've had time to think.
What is clicking a link?
This cybersecurity concept means a human reviews AI-generated content before decisions are made or actions are taken.
What is Human in the Middle?
Pressing Windows + V lets you access this hidden feature that remembers multiple things you've copied
What is Clipboard History?
This simple action can prevent malware from being installed when an unexpected attachment arrives in your inbox
What is verification?
IT can reset one of these, but they should never ask you to tell them yours.
What is a password
"Paste our client database into ChatGPT" is an example of this risky behavior
What is sharing company data with a public AI tool?
When an AI confidently makes up information that isn't true
What is a hallucination?
Pressing Windows + Shift + Left/Right Arrow instantly moves your active window to another monitor
What is moving a window between screens?