The ATU Office of Information Systems wants to make all of our Campus Communities aware of a wide spread email spoofing scam that is currently circulating. We are in the process of removing these messages. If you have received an email with the subject line “Document shared with you: ___” please do not click on […]
Data Security Awareness
Grant Phishing
Good Morning to our ATU Community! The Office of Information Systems has been made aware of several phishing emails that went out overnight indicating that a “Student Grant” had been approved and that the student must reply strictly to a single gmail address that was listed in the email with some personal information. If you […]
Banking Scams
Several universities across the US report receiving scam emails after the banking shortages this weekend. The Office of Information Systems would like to remind everyone to treat any requests for banking or financial information as suspect, and if you feel the need to contact your financial institution, please do so by verifying the contact phone […]
SPAM: Retirement and Pension Meetings for Arkansas Tech University Employees
ATTENTION: An email is being sent out to our employees: “Retirement and Pension Meetings for Arkansas Tech University Employees for Arkansas Tech University EmployeesImportance: High From: scheduler+retirementexpert.net@ccsend.com This is not from our retirement provider. We have had similar spam emails regarding retirement information in the past. As always, unless you recognize the sender, especially if […]
New Outlook Security Feature
The Office of Information Systems would like to announce a new security feature for Microsoft Outlook. Users now can report phishing and spam messages directly from the Outlook client. In the outlook toolbar, you will find two new buttons. The Report Phishing button allows you to report an email to Microsoft and ATU’s security team […]