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News Articles in Category: phishing
UNH Phishing Awareness Program
January 14, 2020, by UNH IT Staff
UNH is a gold mine of personal data, and that’s why we are an attractive target for aggressive phishing attacks. The best way to prevent phishing attacks is to empower individuals with the knowledge and training needed to identify phishing emails and handle them safely.
Over the past two years, UNH increased its efforts to educate UNH students, faculty, and staff on how to identify, avoid, and report phishing attacks by launching an awareness program. This program includes in-person...
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Five Ways You Help Keep the University Secure Part Three: How to Avoid Phishing
January 14, 2020, by UNH IT Staff
This article is part three in our series on Five Ways You Help Keep the University Secure. This month, we discuss how to avoid email phishing attempts.
What is Phishing?
People often confuse phishing and spam, but these two types of unwanted emails are inherently different. While all are annoying, phishing is intrinsically malicious, while spam is harmless. Phishing is cybercrime, and the criminals who create phishing emails are trying to steal your identity, steal your money, or...
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Phishing Email: Subject = JOB OPPORTUNITY
November 16, 2019, by UNH Information Security Services
UNH Information Security Services (ISS) has received reports of a phishing email targeting UNH users that is being sent from a UNH email address. This email attempts to capture personal information about UNH community members.
Email subject = Job Opportunity
Email Text
Links in the email have been disabled and underlined for reference.
Hello,
I am a Professor here in UNH , there is an opening available to all student and staffs to work with UNICEF to render Personal Assistance Service. ...
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Phishing Awareness Program for Students
October 7, 2019, by UNH IT Staff
Greetings-
It seems like every time you read the news, another company has suffered a data breach. UNH's new Online/Digital Safety Program seeks to empower the UNH student community to practice good cyber hygiene and avoid becoming the victim of a cyberattack. As part of this new program, UNH is expanded the existing Phishing Awareness Program to include all active students.
Why Does Phishing Awareness Matter?
One of the most effective ways for attackers to gain unauthorized access to an...
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Phishing Email: Subject = VACANCY(PET SITTING JOB)
September 15, 2019, by UNH Information Security Services
UNH Information Security Services (ISS) has received reports of phishing emails targeting UNH users that offers a pet or dog sitting job. Users are advised not to respond to this email.
Email Subject = VACANCY(PET SITTING JOB)
Email Text
email address/links have been removed
Hello,
I am putting out this Ads for my uncle as he just got transferred here and need someone (STAFF or STUDENT) to pet-sit his 4months old puppies twice a week. The pay is $300/weekly. Contact him on (email...
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Phishing Email: Subject = Nanny Job/ Dog Sitter Needed/ Job for babysitter
August 12, 2019, by UNH Information Security Services
UNH Information Security Services (ISS) has received reports of two phishing emails targeting UNH users that provide an email address and ask the user to respond. These emails are not legitimate offers for employment, do not respond to these emails or correspond with anyone in relation to these opportunities.
Email Subject = Dog Sitter Needed
Email Subject = Nanny Job
Email Text - Dog Sitter Needed
Hello,
I’m an alumnus of the school. My uncle recently got transferred there and needs...
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Phishing Email: Subject =Please confirm ACH payment
March 20, 2019, by UNH Information Security Services
UNH Information Security Services (ISS) has received reports of a phishing email targeting UNH users that contains a malicious URL. Clicking the URL opens a webpage, which asks users to verify their identity by providing their email credentials.
Email subject=Please confirm ACH payment
Email Text
Links have been disabled and underlined.
Please confirm ACH payment account ending in ***560 dated 16/03/19 was received, it does not appear to have been applied. Also a write off approved...
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New Report Phish Feature in Outlook Allows for Easy Reporting on Malicious Emails
March 18, 2019, by UNH IT Staff
Phishing is a scam by which an Internet user is duped (as by a deceptive e-mail message) into revealing personal or confidential information which the scammer can use illicitly. (Source: Merriam-Webster)
UNH IT is currently migrating all faculty and staff over to Exchange Online, a process that will finish in Fall 2019. Once migrated, many new features will appear in Outlook. Chief among them, Report Phish makes it super easy to report malicious emails. This function is available for...
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Phishing Email: Subject = Document Accreditation
February 6, 2019, by UNH Information Security Services
UNH Information Security Services (ISS) has received reports of a phishing email targeting UNH users that aims to steal user's credentials via a fake Microsoft log in page.
Email subject = Document Accreditation
Email Text
Links have been disabled and underlined
Hi, i'm sorry to reply your message late, i've been out of town, just saw your email message this morning. i have uploaded the file as requested. please click here and sign in with your email address to view documents
Thanks
If...
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Phishing Email: Subject =Part-time Job opportunity
February 6, 2019, by UNH Information Security Services
UNH Information Security Services (ISS) has received reports of phishing emails targeting UNH users coming from several UNH Wildcat accounts that claims to have been sent on behalf of UNH Job Placement & Student Services. This phish attempts to get you to respond to an email address provided in the text of the email. Do not respond to this email.
The subject of the email is Part Time Job Opportunity.
Email Text
Email address in the content has been removed
Hello,
This Job is currently...
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