Announcements

FROM: UTech Services RE: RE: UTech Security Awareness Bulletin - Phishing Messages
Sent: 5/17/2019 8:56:38 AM
To: Students, Faculty, Staff

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From: UTech Security

RE: UTech Security Awareness Bulletin - Phishing Messages

 Recently, a flood of phishing messages have been circulating through e-mail. Phishing messages tend to come in a variety of flavors:

• One version simply read '[Message clipped] View entire message'. Clicking on the hyperlink in the message would likely lead you away from Cal U's site to a malicious site asking you for your username/password.
  
  Once you enter this information, the attacker would then be able to access your calu.edu account! Protect your username/password!
• Other recent phishing emails claim that someone was sharing a document with you. When you click on that document to open it, it would either attempt to infect your computer with malware OR ask for your username/password. 
  
  Once you provide your username/password, the attacker would then be able to access your calu.edu account! Protect your username/password!
• Yet another phishing attack that we've seen simply attempts to start a dialogue with an end-user. The email appears to come from a supervisor or person that you work with, but it usually has an incorrect email address. Eventually they ask you to buy a gift card and email them the numbers.
  

   

  Once you provide the numbers, they have effectively stolen the gift card! Do not fall victim to this scam!