Was October 26, 2026 phishing season?
KINDA
Kinda — October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, i.e. peak phishing-simulation season, though real phishing never takes a season off.
Why
- Cybersecurity Awareness Month runs all of October, since 2004
- Some corporate calendars schedule the gift-card test email for Oct 27
- FBI 2025 report: 191,561 phishing/spoofing complaints, top crime type