Phishing using UD branding targets UD inboxes

Some bright-eyed colleagues of ours spotted this phish in their inboxes before 7:00 a.m. this morning: Even though this phish uses a pretty good facsimile of UD branding, the grammar and language issues and the sender from another university should let you identify it...

Adobe Flash: vulnerable again, patch expected this week

Adobe issued an advisory about another vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 28.0.0.137 and earlier versions. Adobe warns that “Successful exploitation could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.” Adobe expects to issue a...

Recent Phishing scam tries to snare Outlook users

This phish was pretty easy to spot. But, still, it poses danger for those skimming their email quickly and, therefore, more likely to react to a faux warning by clicking without thinking: How did people know this was a phish? They asked themselves questions like...

Beware! Phishing scam claims to be from UDel IT Support Center

We’ve received multiple reports of people seeing email in their inboxes claiming that the UD IT Support Center is going to “De-activate” [sic] their accounts. The scam came to UD inboxes using correct UD terminology (UD ID, IT Support Center). How...

Netflix phishing scam faking out folks all over the internet

There is a particularly virulent phishing scam out there, targeting Netflix users. Here’s how it works: So, you get email that appears to come from Netflix, claiming that something is wrong with your account payments. Your immediate reaction is going to be to...