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Circuit Chuckles · Daily comic

Phishing Trip

Published Wednesday, 5 August 2026 · By Security.io

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic, Rusty arrives with fishing gear beside a CRT terminal, casts a line into the monitor, Glitch reels in a suspicious message promising a free password, and Rusty tells Glitch to throw it back.
Rusty and Glitch turn phishing awareness into a literal indoor fishing expedition.

Transcript

Accessible reading order
  1. Panel 1 — Rusty: I came prepared.
  2. Panel 1 — Glitch: They warned us about phishing.
  3. Panel 2 — Rusty: If one bites, do we quarantine it?
  4. Panel 3 — Glitch: This one says I won a free password.
  5. Panel 4 — Rusty: Throw it back.
  6. Panel 4 — Glitch: Good call.