Beat the Heat: Dark Reading Caption Contest WinnersBeat the Heat: Dark Reading Caption Contest Winners
Phishing, token codes, training, MFA, polluted data entry, and whales. And the winners are ...

Michael Edwards, senior cybersecurity engineer at Raytheon, aka syekim13, earns the top honor and a $25 Amazon gift card for his clever caption contest entry penned below:
Coming in a close second is Cindy Hudson with "Attention! Whaling Alert! Whaling Alert! Whaling attempt spotted in the CEO's email." Cindy, aka camerobabe, is an IT security manager at Air Force Directory Services. Her second-place caption entry won her a $10 Amazon gift card
Finally, many thanks to everyone who entered the contest and to our loyal readers who cheered the contestants on. Also, a shout out to our judges, John Klossner and the Dark Reading editorial team: Tim Wilson, Kelly Jackson Higgins, Sara Peters, Kelly Sheridan, Curtis Franklin, Jim Donahue, Gayle Kesten, and yours truly.
If you haven't had a chance to read all the entries, be sure to check them out today.
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