Earlier this week, variants of the blue button phishing email scam were circulated and unfortunately a number of accounts have been compromised as a result. Subsequently, user details including username and password were harvested. In this instance the attacker did not use the harvested details until this afternoon, when it emerged that a number of […]
Receiving phishing emails is something that happens with a regular occurrence. We are always happy to help you identify these types of emails. Forward anything you are concerned about to information.centre@stir.ac.uk Recently a member of staff forwarded an email to us that was a very good example. Look at the email below carefully, be suspicious […]
Over the last few months we have seen a substantial rise in the volume of phishing emails being sent to university staff apparently from a colleague. These emails are sent from a fake external email address e.g. colleagues.name@gmail.com or something similar. Often the emails are made to look as if they’ve come from senior colleagues […]
UPDATE 11.30, 25/1/19The blue button phishing attack appears to be dissipating although we are still resetting user accounts if we discover they have been compromised. The vast majority of blue button related ingoing and outgoing email was blocked by approx 12pm yesterday but it took the best part of the rest of the day for the Information Centre to work through the backlog […]
DON’T PUSH THE BUTTON! There is a new email scam doing the rounds. This one is targeting staff and students. Despite appearance, this spam email is quite sophisticated in that it uses the title of a genuine email that you have replied to previously in order to trick you into believing it is authentic. If […]
Over the last few days, we have seen a number of reported incidences of what is known as ‘Whaling’ or ‘Whale phishing’. Whaling is a type of fraud or phishing scheme that targets high-profile end-users, usually senior staff in an organisation, politicians, and celebrities. Fraudsters behind whaling campaigns aim to trick targets into giving out their […]
In the last few days there has been an attempted Vishing fraud on a Scottish University Student Association. With this type of fraud, it is very common that once an individual targets a specific business area such as Student Associations , they will make further attempts on other Associations using the same methods. Phishing, vishing […]
Phishing emails are designed by fraudsters to appear as if they have been sent by banks, credit card companies, government departments, online stores auction sites, and other trusted organisations. You can receive phishing emails via a dedicated email client (program) either such as Microsoft Outlook, or via internet-based email such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail or […]
We have been made aware that there is unpleasant phishing email doing the rounds at the moment. We have included a small part of this email to let you see what is currently circulating. Some tips to help you recognise these fraudulent emails: When you read the text from these types of email they […]
Recently, the university has been targeted by online criminals via fraudulent emails. Knowledge is absolutely our first line of defence. Learn the jargon and know what to look out for: Phishing Untargeted, mass emails sent to many people asking for sensitive information (such as bank details) or encouraging them to visit a fake website. Social […]