As part of “Empowering You to Secure 2025 and Beyond,” this week focuses on building awareness of phishing—the number one way attackers compromise higher education accounts.

Action:

• Complete Cal Poly Humboldt’s Digital Security Workshop.
  
  

• Try “Spot the Phish” to test your scam-spotting skills.
  
  

• Explore “Oversharing Secrets” to see how hidden data can leak.
  
  

• Log your completion in this Google Form for a chance to win one of 10 coffee cards.
  

Additional Practice:

• Google Phishing Quiz
  

• FTC – How To Recognize Phishing
  

This Week’s CSU-Wide Events (pre-registration required):

• Hunting the Hunters – Tools That Spot Cyber Threats – October 22 | 12:00 PM | Presenter: Sheryll Del Rosario (SDSU)

• How to Safely Job Search and Protect Yourself Online – October 23 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Presenter: Cuc Du (CSU Long Beach)

• ProofPoint – Overview of “Am I Using AI Safely” – October 24 | 10:00 AM | Presenter: Mike Hirad (CSU Fullerton)

• Media Contest - (Submit by end of 10/25) | SJSU

The more you practice spotting scams, the more empowered you’ll be to stop them in real life.

Best regards,