Category: Email Security
Impersonation Email Scams
Spoofing / Impersonation Email spoofing and impersonation are techniques where a scammer creates an email message with a forged sender address in hopes of deceiving the recipient into thinking the email originated from someone they know or recognize. Scammers will use email spoofing to help disguise themselves as a supervisor, professor, or financial organization to trick users into performing some type of action like purchasing… Read More about Impersonation Email Scams.
LastPass Now Available to Campus @ No Cost
ITS has made the LastPass Premium password manager available to students, faculty and staff for personal use at no cost. As you may recall, we announced last fall at SecurityCon that we would pursue an offering through Internet2 to provide LastPass to campus. Password managers can help you and the campus members you support to protect your digital identity and your online accounts, providing a… Read More about LastPass Now Available to Campus @ No Cost.
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Coronavirus “Safety Measures” Scam
There are reports of e-mails purporting to be from the World Health Organization (WHO) that are actually phishing messages that prey on people’s fears of the current coronavirus outbreak. Please maintain vigilance during this time of heightened sensitivity to news about the outbreak. These tips can help navigate tricky scam attempts like this one: Be wary of messages with a sense of urgency requesting action… Read More about Coronavirus “Safety Measures” Scam.