Feb 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
One of last year’s favorite tax scams is back: W2 spear phishing. Several companies’ employees have been fooled by an email that was “spoofed” so that it appeared to be from their bosses or CEOs. The email asked for the employee to reply with a copy of the...
Jan 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
This phish is pretty easy to spot, but multiple copies have swum into UD inboxes this morning: It comes from a spoofed email address (webmaster@udel.edu) and asks you to click a link that is clearly not a UD link for something about your “Secure Account.”...
Jan 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Even though this spear phishing scam directed at UD is not the strongest one we’ve seen lately, we know that at least one of you will click the link and surrender your UD credentials to the miscreants who sent this email. How can you tell this email message is a...
Dec 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
This spring, several companies’ employees were hooked by spear phishing that simulated email from their bosses. The email asked for a copy of the company’s W2 data (employees’ names, SSNs, and other confidential data). The
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...
