The holiday season is the perfect time for cybercriminals to take advantage of unsuspecting online shoppers. When you go to the grocery store or local shop, it’s habit to grab your reusable bags, lock the car, and make sure you’ve safely put away your credit card or cash before heading home with the day’s purchases. […]
Security
Don’t Let a Phishing Scam Reel You In
Cybercriminals use phishing—a type of social engineering—to manipulate people into doing what they want. Social engineering is at the heart of all phishing attacks, especially those conducted via e-mail. Technology makes phishing easy. Setting up and operating a phishing attack is fast, inexpensive, and low risk: any cybercriminal with an e-mail address can launch one. […]
Don’t let “FREE” cost you July 3, 2018 by Emma Fletcher Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC When a company says you can try its product for free, you might think, why not? Here’s why not: You could end up paying a lot of money for that free trial. Scammers often use free trial […]
Are You Ready for Ransomware?
What Is Ransomware? Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts your files. Often, the only way to decrypt and gain access to the files is by paying a “ransom” or fee to the attackers. The attackers might provide the decryption key allowing you to regain access to your files. Ransomware may spread to […]
iTunes email scam
The Office of Information Systems would like to notify university personnel of the following iTunes email scam. The email usually appears to be sent by the University President, Executive VP, or a Department Head. The report also states the group sending out this email scam are making improvements to and tailoring the email as they […]