Are you super secure or are there a few areas which need tightened? Information Services have prepared a short IT security quiz in Succeed for staff to take. It should take under 10 minutes to complete with 14 multiple choice/true or false answers. The purpose of the exercise is to discover the general level […]
Category: Phishing
Detecting phishing emails – more dodgy emails doing the rounds
Today we have received a number of enquiries from staff who have received emails which look as if they might have come from admin@stir.ac.uk. These are the latest round of phishing emails, designed to trick users into thinking that they are required to undertake a task of some sort (such as validating your email […]
Email scams on the rise, don’t get caught out
Over the last few days we have seen a large number of phishing emails arriving in staff inboxes. The latest ones have been sent from internal email addresses so may even have come from someone you know. Hackers are able to send these emails because they trick one of our community into answering an earlier […]
It’s not paranoia – they are out to get you!
Malware, hackers, phishing, spyware, trojans, cybercrime, password stealers, viruses, worms, rootkits, adware, etc. The vacation periods at Universities are traditionally times for all of this malicious activity to increase dramatically. Perhaps the people behind it think that that their victim’s minds are elsewhere, making them an easier target than usual. Perhaps they are right. […]
Warning about “phishing”
There seems to be an increase in “phishing” attempts as we approach the holiday period. This is where an attempt is made to capture your network username and password by sending a fake email as in the example below. Please be very careful not to open up a link contained in an email and enter […]
Reminder: password security and scam emails
Every year we all receive a number of ‘phishing’ emails sent to University email accounts. These emails simulate formal University emails and attempt to deceive you into revealing your University username and password. Some of the common examples include emails notifying you that your mailbox is full and inviting you to click on a link […]
Scam/phishing emails – be careful with your network account
There has recently been an increase in ‘phishing’ emails sent to University email accounts. These emails simulate formal University emails and attempt to deceive you into revealing your University username and password. Â Some of the more recent examples include emails notifying you that your mailbox is full and inviting you to click on a […]
Scam/phishing emails – be careful with your network
There has recently been an increase in ‘phishing’ emails sent to University email accounts. These emails simulate formal University emails and attempt to deceive you into revealing your University username and password. Some of the more recent examples include emails notifying you that your mailbox is full and inviting you to click on a link […]