Nov 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Well, the phishers had a busy cyber Monday. This scam was reported yesterday afternoon. It’s a continuation of the trend we reported this summer, in which scammers try to get their victims to download and open PDF files that either contain malware or contain...
Aug 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Members of the UD community are reporting a phishing scam that boldly claims to come from President Assanis. This email is yet another example of spear phishing, where scammers research an organization and use names and other information to craft a targeted message...
Aug 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
We’ve reported on the growing number of phishing scams using PDF files to lure people into clicking links. Well, here’s a variation. In this variety of phish, you receive an attachment that claims to be a locked PDF (as shown in the screenshot to the...
Aug 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
More phishing scams using PDF attachments have been appearing in UD inboxes this morning. Today’s phish appear as email with one of these subject lines: Payslip Notification Invoice Payment. Both appear to come from a UD person’s email account; one uses...
Jul 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
A wide variety of phish seem to be schooling in UD inboxes this week. Several people in UD’s Psychological and Brain Sciences department got a phishing scam this morning with the subject “Important Document” and a one-line message “Please...
