ByteTails
Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026

Byte-sized cyber safety comics

In a glowing digital gallery, Locke the armadillo holds up a shield of light against a giant blue Brutebit, while Glitch the raccoon leaps overhead and freezes a green Exploitling in a cube of light.
Packet the fox, in red-lit armor, leaps down a pixel hallway trailing streams of data as orange Looplings scramble along the walls and floor.
Cypher the owl swoops down a circuit hall and exposes a purple Hexling wearing a pixel mask of his face, while Patch the beaver repairs a cable that a yellow Bugbit is chewing.

Meet the ByteTails, five animal heroes who stop the Malbits from stealing passwords, spreading scams and breaking devices. Learn the everyday habits that keep your family safe online and off.

What is ByteTails?

Online dangers look a lot smaller when you’ve got backup.

Each comic page turns one real online threat into a short adventure, with enough humor that the grown-ups reading along enjoy it too.

  1. The problemAn everyday online danger that kids and grown-ups face.
  2. The lessonA ByteTails expert shows how it works and how to stop it.
  3. Your moveOne small, practical thing to do today.

Made for kitchen tables, classrooms and break rooms: read a page together, talk it over, then do the Your Move step.

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Meet the ByteTails

Say hi to Cypher, Packet, Glitch, Patch and Locke.

The five ByteTails together in a glowing digital world: Cypher the purple owl and Packet the red-suited fox at the back, with Glitch the green raccoon, Patch the yellow beaver and Locke the blue armadillo in front.
Tap a ByteTail to meet them

Glitch

Steps in when
Rivals
The ByteTails theme song
0:26
Every hero has a rival

Meet the Malbits.

Mischief-makers from the digital world. Each kind stands for a real online danger. Spot the troublemaker, and you’ve spotted the danger.

The five Malbits in a neon digital city: an orange Loopling, a green Exploitling, a purple Hexling, a yellow Bugbit and a blue Brutebit.
Tap a Malbit to see the danger it stands for

Exploitlings

In real life
Stopped by
Read Issue #1

Strong Passwords Save the Day!

ByteTails: Strong Passwords Save the Day! Issue #1, Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026, with Glitch and Locke welcoming the reader.
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Your Move: Replace one reused password with a long, unique one.
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