Some of you may have received an email message from “Student Involvement” with the subject line Fw: new message. The message asks you to click the link provided to open a message. THIS IS A HOAX. Never respond to emails, …
The email many of us received this morning titled: “IT Service” asking to verify your account, is not a legitimate request from UTS. Please do not respond to or follow any links in this or similar messages. UTS will never …
Some members of the Nipissing University community have reported that they have received phishing scams as text messages. Please exercise the same caution you would with your email when you receive texts with links claiming to be from banks or …
Some of you may have received an email message from a colleague with the subject line Fw: new message. The message states new message, please read and provides a link. Never respond to emails, open attachments, or click on suspicious …
Some of you may have received an email message from a colleague with the subject line IMPORTANT. The message asks you to follow a link to view your message. Never respond to emails, open attachments, or click on suspicious links …
The use of the same login name and password for access to different accounts and websites is strongly discouraged. If a website that you visit is compromised, the attacker will have access to the login names and passwords that were …
Some of you may have received an email message from “Harry Culham” (Harry.Culham@cibc.com) with the subject line CIBC Customer Documents. The message states that you can view/print your notice of documents. THIS IS A HOAX. Never respond to emails, open …
Canadian banks have recently become a popular target for online fraud. Please consider the following when banking online: When logging into a bank’s website, make sure you are on the proper site. If you receive an email from your bank, …
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The Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre (A division of Public Safety Canada) has sent us the following warning: The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued an alert addressing a spear phishing scam targeting university employees and their payroll accounts. …
Some of you may have received an email message from Administrator <amturner@mail.fhsu.edu> with the subject line System Upgrade- Verify Your Email Account or Suspicious Login Detected? from Technical Support <flb@choiceonemail.com>. These messages state that you need to confirm your identity …
According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, up to five percent of recipients respond to ‘phishing’ attacks. In an effort to increase our online security, Technology Services strongly recommends the following: Be very suspicious of any email with urgent requests for …
In an effort to increase our online security, Technology Services requests that you to use a passphrase rather than a password wherever possible. This protects your access with short sentence rather than a simple word. Use a unique combination of …