W2 spear phishing surfaces for the tax season

Feb 6, 2017 | Phishing

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...

“Admin Authentication” email is a Phishing scam!

Jan 27, 2017 | Phishing

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.”...

Phishing scam claims your UD Mailbox Quota Exceeded!

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...

“UDEL administrator” email re: sexual harassment is phishing scam

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...