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Scam of the week #1: Someone? has shared a file with you

By Grant Pearson Posted on February 3, 2022 Posted in Alerts, E-mail, General, Weekly Tip

Welcome to the first in a series of posts focused on social engineering attacks that we are seeing at the University.    What is a social engineering attack? There are a couple of different ways that cybercriminals are trying to get …

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Phishing Attacks are on the Rise

By Grant Pearson Posted on March 10, 2020 Posted in Alerts

Scammers often take advantage of health scares to distribute phishing scams. The worldwide spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has spawned many such campaigns, scaring recipients into clicking on harmful links or attachments in emails, text messages, or social media posts. Coronavirus …

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Important: Phishing Alert

By UTS Support Posted on March 19, 2019 Posted in Alerts

We’ve had several reports of an ongoing phishing campaign targeted at members of the university today.  Some of you have received emails from someone impersonating Mike DeGagné.   This particular scam is pretty easy to spot.  If you inspect the …

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Email And Personal Information Breaches In The News

By UTS Support Posted on March 11, 2019 Posted in Alerts

Recently there have been several privacy/security breaches in the news. People that subscribe to the terrific service at https://haveibeenpwned.com will already be aware of these. These breaches have been happening at major sites, and by now, if you use the internet and …

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The Return of the Norton Scanner Scam

By UTS Support Posted on March 6, 2019 Posted in Alerts, Malware, Weekly Tip

The Tip What’s old is new again. If you’re surfing and you get a pop-up that says something along the lines of “Norton Security: Your PC is infected with 5 viruses”… DO NOT click on proceed or install. The Detail …

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Phishing for Facebook Logins

By UTS Support Posted on February 19, 2019 Posted in Alerts, Weekly Tip

The Tip A new phishing attack has surfaced that can easily catch the most diligent of us. It is also fortunately easy to spot, once you’re aware of what to look for. The Detail We’ve all been to sites now …

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Gmail 3rd-party add-ons caution

By UTS Support Posted on November 18, 2018 Posted in Alerts, E-mail

Recently a few people have been asking us about using 3rd-party add-ons to gmail such as ‘Boomerang’ and ‘Email Studio for Gmail’. These add-ons will add power tools and features to gmail such as scheduled mail, reminders, smarter auto-responder options …

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Special Security Alert – Spear Phishing

By UTS Support Posted on March 9, 2018 Posted in Alerts

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 …

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DDE Attack

By UTS Support Posted on October 30, 2017 Posted in Alerts, Malware

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 …

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Phishing Scam Alert: OneClass Chrome Extension

By UTS Support Posted on December 14, 2016 Posted in Alerts, Browsers, E-mail, Malware

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 …

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Cyber Security Reminder, Be conscious of new phishing attempts

By UTS Support Posted on November 18, 2016 Posted in Alerts, E-mail

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 …

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World Backup Day – March 31st

By UTS Support Posted on November 18, 2016 Posted in Alerts, Best Practice, General

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 …

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