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Author: Richard Gordon

A standard phish makes a good reminder

February 3, 2014Richard Gordon

This morning, some standard phish were swimming into UDel inboxes. Here’s a screen shot of one that amazes me — not a particularly good one, but the scammers find that it still works: We’ve highlighted some of the tell-tale signs,… Continue Reading →

Email Accounts, Quota

Beware Fake Target Warnings

January 13, 2014Richard Gordon

We’ve not seen any of these on campus yet, but reports are coming in that a series of phishing scams, complex social engineering attacks, and other scams based on the news about the Target data breach are showing up in… Continue Reading →

Credit Card Scams, Fake Notifications, Shopping Scams

Tempting bait: Don’t bite on this phishing scam!

October 25, 2013Richard Gordon

We had several reports of this phishing message showing up in UD inboxes this morning. One alert student sent us this screen shot off her cell phone: Others reported seeing message headers spoofing an email address at UD: “officemail@udel.edu” [sic].… Continue Reading →

Email Accounts, GoogleApps at UD, UD Specific Scams

Phishers targeting UD after July 30 announcement

July 31, 2013Richard Gordon

The morning of July 30, UD announced its response to an IT security breach that put the confidential information of approximately 72,000 current and past employees, including student employees, at risk. Unfortunately, cyber criminals also took notice of UD’s response… Continue Reading →

Spear Phishing, UD Specific Scams

This one doesn’t make sense; but someone will fall for it

June 11, 2013Richard Gordon

The wording on this one doesn’t really make sense, if you read it carefully. But I’m sure someone will fall for it. If you follow the link, you are taken to an attractive looking site with a form to fill… Continue Reading →

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