In the last 48 hours, a huge increase in very sophisticated phishing emails are being reported by several major industry partners in the US and Canada, including finance, business and higher education. What is making these these ‘Spear’ Phishing attempts…
Category: Alerts
DDE Attack
You may or may not be aware of a new type of attack potential called a DDE attack – a way of launching malware from a web download, an email attachment, or even directly from the body of an Outlook…
Phishing Scam Alert: OneClass Chrome Extension
Be on alert for the OneClass Chrome Extension. It is a phishing scam where once the extension is installed, it will attempt to send an email on behalf of the user and collect Campus-Wide Login (CWL) credentials. How the phishing…
Cyber Security Reminder, Be conscious of new phishing attempts
There have been reports of increased email phishing attacks on Canadian Universities. Please take extra care to verify the authenticity of any email asking for personal information or wanting you to click on a link. If in any doubt please…
World Backup Day – March 31st
World Backup Day is a global initiative to remind and teach people to properly and safely backup their files. At Nipissing University, we have our shared and home directories backed up daily to keep all our hard work safe. For…
Virus-Hoax-Spam – Fw- new message
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,…
Spam Alert – IT Service Email
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…
Warning- Text-Sms Phishing
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…
Virus-Hoax-Spam – New Message Emails
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…
Virus-Hoax-Spam- Important
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…
Security Reminder – Username and Password
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…
Virus-Hoax – CIBC – Customer Documents
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…
- Bitcoin flaw could have allowed dreaded 51% takeover September 21, 2018The scenario was always hypothetical but the fact such a thing was even possible until this week has left some in the Bitcoin community feeling alarmed.
- Warning issued as Netflix subscribers hit by phishing attack September 21, 2018Netflix phishing scammers are at it again, sending emails that try to steal sensitive details from subscribers.
- Man who shared Deadpool movie on Facebook faces 6 months in jail September 20, 2018US government recommended six months behind bars. That’s one month for every million people that viewed a part of the pirated movie, apparently.
- US military given the power to hack back/defend forward September 20, 2018The new preventative cybersecurity powers include potentially acting against countries considered friendly toward the US - a risky move, some say.
- FBI wants to keep “helpful” Mirai botnet authors around September 20, 2018The young men behind the powerful IoT device botnet have been working undercover with law enforcement since they were first fingered.
- Western Digital goes quiet on unpatched MyCloud flaw September 20, 2018Western Digital has failed to patch a serious security vulnerability in its MyCloud NAS drives that it was told about more than a year ago, researchers have alleged.
- URL spoofing – what it is and what to do about it [VIDEO] September 19, 2018What happens if your browser doesn't tell you the truth about the identity of the website you're looking at?
- iOS 12 is here: these are the security features you need to know about September 19, 2018One year to the day after iOS 11 appeared, Apple yesterday released its replacement, iOS 12.
- Here we Mongo again! Millions of records exposed by insecure database September 19, 2018Another day, another poorly configured MongoDB database.
- Years on, third party apps still exposing Grindr users’ locations September 19, 2018A third party app can use Grindr’s distance data to pinpoint a users location down to a room within a house.
- AV18-156: Cisco Security Advisory September 21, 2018
- AV18-155: Google Chrome Security Update September 21, 2018
- AV18-154: ICS Security Advisory for BIND September 21, 2018
- AV18-153: Adobe Security Bulletins September 20, 2018
- AV18-152: Cisco Security Updates September 20, 2018
- AV18-151: NUUO NVRMini2 Security Update September 18, 2018
- AV18-150: Apple Security Updates September 18, 2018
- AV18-149: Microsoft Security Updates September 12, 2018
- AV18-148: Google Releases Security Update for Chrome September 12, 2018
- AV18-147: Adobe Security Bulletins September 12, 2018
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