CyberHoot Newsletter – July 2025

15th July 2025 | Newsletters

Welcome to CyberHoot’s July Newsletter!

This month, we’re cutting through the noise and spotlighting the real threats that hit closest to home, literally and digitally.

We’re diving into how your smart home devices might be tracking your every move through WiFi motion detection and how to lock them down before they start judging your dance moves. We’re also breaking down a massive password leak, 184 million credentials exposed from a single misconfigured database, and what it means for your password hygiene.

And if you’re still relying on outdated training methods (punishing bad behaviors instead of rewarding good behaviors), it’s time to meet HootPhish: our smarter, positive rewards based phishing simulations, that actually engages users and trains them how to spot real-world attacks, and why that’s so important!

Let’s get into it.

Got Questions? Let’s Talk.
If you’d like to dive deeper into anything we’ve covered—or talk cybersecurity strategy, compliance, or training—our CEO Craig Taylor is making time for one-on-one sessions with our subscribers.

It’s a rare chance to pick the brain of a seasoned cybersecurity leader. You can schedule a session directly below.

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Your WiFi Might Be Watching You… Sort Of

Explore the hidden cybersecurity risks of WiFi motion detection and learn how to secure your smart home from privacy threats.

184 Million Passwords Leaked: Is Your Digital Doppelgänger Out There?

184 million passwords just leaked from an unsecured database. Find out how it happened and what it means for your personal password hygiene.

Make Phishing Training Count with HootPhish

Train users to spot phishing threats with HootPhish. It’s fun, effective, and automated security awareness training that engages employee and changes behaviors.

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CyberHoot Awarded Badges from G2

Cybrary Term of the Month:

SIM Swapping

SIM Swapping is a term used when hackers steal a victims phone number and port or switch that number to a different SIM card in a different cell phone in a hacker’s possession. When the hacker has control of the phone number, they are able to gain access to emails, social media accounts, and even cryptocurrency accounts that are normally protected by SMS-based 2-factor authentication.

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Recently Added Features

General Release Notes

Added new 1Password product training programs for in our Power platform!
- 1Password for End Users
- 1Password for Admins
Added note to the DNS typosquatting report to indicate when it is a customer’s legitimate domain.
Added HootRanks dashboard to Autopilot.
Added Cyber Rankings dashboard to my assignments where users can view details about their HootScore and company ranking.
Added the ability to disable all automated manager emails in Autopilot customer settings.
Updated Cyber Rank to correctly show completed assignments and late submissions.
Added note to users table and mass user updates pop-up in Autopilot that lets Admins know how to correctly restore synced users.
Updated pending assignment instruction messaging to correctly show customer messaging during simulations.
Improved email speed for Autopilot login.

New Feature Alert: HootPhish Challenge

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