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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
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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
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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.
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Hello,
This Job is currently...
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Phishing Alert: Subject = Review
January 16, 2019, by UNH Information Security Services
UNH Information Security Services (ISS) has received reports of a phishing email targeting UNH users that pretends to come from Pat McCabe in Human Resources.
This is a spoofed external email that is part of a multi-prong phishing attack.
In multi-prong attacks, the attacker will send more than one email to each recipient. The intial email does not usually contain an active phishing link as the objectives of this initial email are to
1) confirm valid recipient email addresses
2) to convince...
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Phishing Email: Subject= REQUEST
December 6, 2018, by UNH Information Security Services
UNH Information Security Services (ISS) has received reports of a phishing email targeting UNH users that purports to come from the President of the University.
This is a spoofed external email that is part of a multi-prong phishing attack.
In multi-prong attacks, the attacker will send more than one email to each recipient. The intial email does not usually contain an active phishing link as the objectives of this initial email are to
1) confirm valid recipient email addresses
2) to convince...
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Phishing Email: Subject = Earn Now
October 19, 2018, by UNH Information Security Services
UNH Information Security Services (ISS) has received reports of a phishing emails targeting UNH users that seeks to collect user's personal information. This email appears internal, coming from a compromised UNH account.
The subject of the emails is "Earn Now".
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Hello,
This Job is currently recruiting. A Job that will not affect your present employment or studies, fun and rewarding. You get to make up to $300 weekly...
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Phishing Email: Subject = Work Order # HD00136950 has been updated.
October 19, 2018, by UNH Information Security Services
UNH IT has received reports of a phishing email targeting UNH users that seeks to obtain usernames and passwords for UNH employee email accounts via a fake UNH-branded Outlook Web Access login page. These emails are internal, coming from a compromised UNH account.
The subject of the email is "Work Order # HD00136950 has been updated.".
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To check the status of this work order click link below {link removed, referenced UNH Help Desk...
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Legitimate Email: Subject = Phishing Alert - Response Required
September 19, 2018, by UNH Information Security Services
The following is a legitimate email sent by UNH Information Security Services.
The subject of the email is "Phishing Alert - Response Required
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On September 12, you received an email with the subject line “University of Hampshire service desk” from a UNH email address.
You can see an example of this email on the UNH PhishBowl assessible at https://www.unh.edu/it/the-phishbowl.
This email is part of an internal phishing attack. Clicking the link the email took users to a fake...
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Phishing Email: Subject = Ticket ID: 347394KWL
September 12, 2018, by UNH Information Security Services
UNH Information Security Services (ISS) has received reports of a phishing email targeting UNH users that seeks to obtain user credentials via a fake UNH-branded Outlook Web Access log in page.
The subject of the email is "Ticket ID: 347394KWL"
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Notification...
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