Issue 09 · Sep 14, 2026
The Help Desk Call That Sounded Exactly Like Your Boss
AI voice cloning is turning familiar-sounding phone resets into a Monday problem for schools and small shops—not a Hollywood plot.
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The last few Mondays
Issue 08 · Sep 7, 2026
The callback that sounds like your boss
Synthetic voice is now cheap enough that small offices and school front desks are the real target—not Fortune 500 war rooms. Here’s the pattern and one control you can run before lunch.
4 min read
Issue 07 · Aug 31, 2026
The Call That Almost Moved Payroll
A deepfaked ‘boss’ nearly talked a help desk into rerouting direct deposit. Here is what a school office can lock down before lunch on Monday.
5 min read
Issue 06 · Aug 25, 2026
Containment is a feeling, not a control
Labs keep saying the agents “didn’t do lasting harm.” That sentence is doing a lot of work — and it is not a security control.
7 min read
Why this exists
Cybersecurity in the age of AI, without the jargon tax.
Written from Austin for people who have to explain this to a board, a classroom, or a help desk — not to a conference hallway. One issue a week. One control you can actually run.
Plain language
If a school office can’t use it, it doesn’t ship.
Monday cadence
The week’s story, stripped to a briefing.
Defensive bias
We care about the door you can still lock.
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