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Cybercrime Report 2026 / For your team

Security Awareness Posters.

Explore a finding from the report, see the employee reminder it informs and take the poster back to your team.

01Poster library

From the Research to Everyday Decisions.

Pick a poster, read the report finding behind it and download the file for your team.

01Fraud

Pause Before You Approve

In the report

One offer advertised a hosted phishing dashboard with a template library and separately billed messaging.

Limit

The catalogue records an advertisement. Trial delivery, template count and functionality were not independently verified.

For your team

When a request is unusual, confirm it using a contact method you already know.

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02Data Breach & Leaks / Fraud

A Familiar Name Is Not Proof

In the report

Claimed field lists included names and email addresses. A separate offer listed identity-document and selfie options.

Limit

The statements do not confirm database contents, document authenticity or one matched identity.

For your team

A familiar detail does not settle an unusual request. Verify it through contact details you already know.

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03Stolen Accounts & Combolists

Your Account Is More Than a Password

In the report

A buy-side rate sheet requested account names, passwords, and cookies or a two-factor authentication secret.

Limit

The request does not establish that anyone supplied the data, received payment or obtained working account access.

For your team

Report unexpected sign-ins or account changes through your organization's approved channel.

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Cybercrime Report 2026 / For your team

Something feels off? Report it through your organization's approved channel.

Offers and claimed fields describe what posts said, not verified records or working services. The employee reminders follow NIST guidance; this study did not test their effectiveness.

Read the employee guidance from NIST

SVG files use A2 proportions and an embedded font. PNG files are previews.

02A short conversation for each poster

Five-Minute Team Discussions.

Start with the research context, try a fictional situation and discuss two questions. Before starting, tell the team which approved reporting channel to use. Keep real passwords, account files and authentication codes out of the exercise.

Pause Before You Approve

5 minutes · 1 + 1 + 2 + 1
Research

Research Context · One Minute

The report records an offer of a hosted phishing dashboard with templates and separately billed messaging. It does not prove deployment or a working service.

Fiction

Fictional Practice Situation · One Minute

A message appears to come from your manager. It asks you to approve an unexpected request before a meeting.

Team discussion

Discuss · Two Minutes

  1. 1Which separate contact method would you use to check the request?
  2. 2Where would you report it if the request still seemed unusual?
Facilitator answer

Facilitator Response · One Minute

Pause and verify the request using contact details you already know. Follow your organization’s approved reporting process.

An urgent message still needs a trusted check.

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Employee responses follow NIST phishing guidance on trusted verification and organizational reporting. The scenarios are fictional discussion exercises, not reported incidents. This package has not measured training effectiveness.

Read the NIST phishing guidance