May 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
The FBI and security researchers are advising that we should reboot our home and small business internet routers to remove malware (called VPNFilter) detected on over 500,000 routers. That’s right, just go home and turn your internet router off (or unplug its...
May 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last week, a staff member caught the phish shown below: We have detected irregular activity on your account on the date 05/01/2018.For your protection, we have temporary limited your account. In order to regain full access to your account, you must verify this...
May 7, 2018 | Social Media
If you’re one of the 336 million Twitter users, you probably got an email sometime on Friday suggesting you change your account password. On Thursday, Twitter announced they discovered a bug that saved plain-text user passwords on an unprotected log....
Apr 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
One of our staff caught this Yahoo phish early Monday morning. Phishing attempts that resemble the one below share certain characteristics that make the phish easily identifiable. A clear sign that an email allegedly from a trusted organization is not legitimate is...
Apr 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
You’re a faculty member and it’s just a normal Monday morning. Your email inbox is filled with student emails asking about what homework they can make up, if their grades can be changed, or if class is going to be cancelled. In all of the clutter of such...
Apr 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
If you’re reading this, you may have spotted April’s test phishing email! This email was sent as part of the Secure UD “Take a BITE out of phish!” campaign, a University initiative to raise our community’s awareness about phishing attacks, their consequences, and how...
Apr 9, 2018 | Privacy, Social Media
You’ve probably already heard it on the news, but Facebook is in hot water concerning their privacy policy. Back in 2014, Facebook discovered the “data mining through a personality quiz” app called “thisisyourdigitallife.” As a result,...
Mar 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
If you’re reading this, you may have spotted March’s test phishing email! This email was sent as part of the Secure UD “Take a BITE out of phish!” campaign, a University initiative to raise our community’s awareness about phishing attacks, their consequences, and how...