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.
Online dangers look a lot smaller when you’ve got backup.
The ByteTails come from a glowing digital world, where troublemakers called Malbits stand for real online threats. Each comic page takes one everyday problem and shows what’s really going on and how to stay safe. It’s written for kids and families, with enough humor that the grown-ups reading along enjoy it too.
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One problem
A real situation a kid or parent might face this week.
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One lesson
The ByteTail who knows that field explains what’s happening in plain words.
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One move
Every page ends with “Your Move”: one small, practical thing to do today.
Every hero has a rival
Meet the Malbits.
Malbits are mischief-makers from the digital world. Each of the five kinds stands for a real online threat, so spotting the troublemaker means spotting the trick.
Cypher's rivals
Hexlings
Wiry imps that disguise threats as things you trust.
In real life: scams, phishing and fake messages.
Packet's rivals
Looplings
Long-tailed tricksters that reroute messages and jam connections.
In real life: intercepted or broken communication.
Glitch's rivals
Exploitlings
Four-armed snoops that hunt for any opening they can slip through.
In real life: attackers exploiting weaknesses.
Patch's rivals
Bugbits
Horned gremlins that break things, block updates and undo repairs.
In real life: bugs, errors and skipped updates.
Locke's rivals
Brutebits
Big-fisted bruisers that keep pounding until a door gives way.
In real life: password guessing and brute-force attacks.
One password for every account sounds easy. Then an Exploitling grabs it and tries it on every door. Glitch and Locke show why a different key for each account stops the thief cold.
YOUR MOVEReplace one reused password with a long, unique one.
Who it’s for
Made for kitchen tables, classrooms and break rooms.
Families
Read a page together, talk about it, and do the “Your Move” step side by side.
Teachers
One lesson per page fits a quick class discussion about staying safe online.
Workplaces
The lessons that protect kids protect grown-ups too. Share a page during awareness training.
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