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How to Spot a Job Scam
Scammers Are Sill Exploiting The Pandemic
With Covid-19 causing many Americans to file for unemployment, many people are looking for jobs.  Some malicious actors are taking advantage of them by creating new job scams. Here is a list of...
June 10, 2020 · 7:52 PM
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Protect UMBC - Ransomware Attacks Still Active
Your Own Computer Held Hostage
Many of us lived our lives, at least in part, through computers even before telework and distance learning became the norm.  You may use your computer for writing reports, designing presentations,...
June 8, 2020 · 10:28 AM
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College Stimulus Check Scam
Another Email Scam Riding the Headlines
The Federal Trade Commission warns of a phishing email scam aimed at college students. The malicious actor sends emails out claiming to be from the Financial Department of the student’s...
June 4, 2020 · 11:10 AM
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Maryland COVID-19 Contact Tracing
Make sure you know who you’re talking to
May 22, 2020 Next Week, Maryland will begin a state-wide effort to trace the spread of COVID-19.  The effort will involve health workers making phone calls to Maryland residents.  This is a...
May 22, 2020 · 3:02 PM
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Android Ransomware
Malicious Software Pretending To Provide COVID-19 Info
Android Ransomware DomainTools discovered that domain names associated with COVID-19 and Coronavirus have spiked in the past few weeks, and many of those domains are considered malicious. One...
May 18, 2020 · 6:24 PM
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COVID-19 Phishing Attacks
A review of different attacks exploiting COVID-19 fears
Tripwire has released an article warning of these COVID19-related phishing scams. This article can be found at this link:...
May 18, 2020 · 6:17 PM
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Email Attacks
A Review Of Recent Email Trying To Infect Your Computer
Email Attacks Tripwire has released an article warning of these COVID-19 related email scams. The article can be found at this link:...
May 8, 2020 · 12:31 PM
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COVID-19 Job Scam in Email
New Scam Subject: UMBC COVID-19 INFORMATION
The UMBC Division of Information Technology received notification of a new job scam variant on 08may2020.  The subject is: UMBC COVID-19 INFORMATION From: Koyepes Michael...
May 8, 2020 · 12:12 PM
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"Password Notification" Scam
Email with bogus link wants to steal your password
This morning DoIT has received several reports of a password change scam that has been going around campus: From: ti93943@wildblue.net Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 9:45 AM Subject: Password...
May 6, 2020 · 12:03 PM
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Another Part Time Job Scam...
Last week DoIT received several notifications of yet another part-time job scam arriving at email inboxes on our virtual campus.  The To: field has been removed from the example for reasons of...
April 21, 2020 · 10:17 AM
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