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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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Finding the Sender

By UTS Support Posted on February 12, 2019 Posted in E-mail, Mobile, Weekly Tip

The Tip It’s actually rather trivial to fake a sender in an email phish, and easy to spot the simple attempts. In some cases, especially on a mobile device, it’s not always obvious that a ‘from’ address has been faked. …

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Anatomy of a Phish

By UTS Support Posted on November 20, 2018 Posted in E-mail, Weekly Tip

The Tip This week will be a little different. Last week, as many of you know by now, we sent a simulated phish test out to the portion of our community that is support staff and full-time faculty. This was …

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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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Is spam clogging your inbox?

By UTS Support Posted on April 17, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, E-mail, Weekly Tip

The Tip Spam campaigns are often a primary attack vector used by cyber criminals. Less spam means being a little more secure. The Detail Fortunately, it’s not all doom and gloom. There are a number of simple strategies you can …

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Have I Been Pwned

By UTS Support Posted on March 27, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, E-mail, Weekly Tip

The Tip We should all know by now that using the same password on multiple sites is a big security no-no! We might think our username:password is safe with the big companies, but this is absolutely not true. Did you …

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Email Privacy, is it really?

By UTS Support Posted on January 24, 2018 Posted in E-mail, Weekly Tip

This week’s topic is Email Privacy, is it really? The Tip There’s an old saying that email is about as secure as a postcard. Is that still true? The answer is yes and no. For most of us most of …

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Phishing – Don’t get Hooked!

By UTS Support Posted on December 19, 2017 Posted in Best Practice, E-mail, SMS Messaging, Weekly Tip

A good bit of information and infographic from Digital Guardian. Phishing attacks are by no means a new issue, but rather one that has plagued individuals and businesses for many years. In fact, the 2016 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report …

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2-Step Verification

By UTS Support Posted on December 12, 2017 Posted in Best Practice, E-mail, Weekly Tip

This week’s topic is 2-Step Verification. The Tip It’s easier than you think for someone to steal your password Any of these common actions could put you at risk of having your password stolen: Using the same password on more …

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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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Virus-Hoax-Spam – Fw- new message

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

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, …

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