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Cyberattacks Delivered By Your Mail Carrier
Scammers and hackers will use any way to get to you...
A group called FIN7 has been using a novel method to target victims.  The attack is delivered through USPS mail, the kind that’s delivered into the real mailbox.  The target gets a package in...
April 20, 2020 · 12:16 PM
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Scam E-mail Spoofing Account of Scott Casper
Scammers are impersonating people to get info and money.
On Monday, 4/13/2020, DoIT was notified by several members of the UMBC community about an e-mail message impersonating Dr. Scott Casper, Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social...
April 20, 2020 · 12:06 PM
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Student Work at Home Scam
Hackers Offering Jobs at Cisco Systems
A scam message (see below) was sent to about 80 UMBC email addresses on 4/15/2020.  It’s a variation of a scam job offer we saw a few months ago.   It is NOT from Cisco Systems.  If you respond...
April 20, 2020 · 12:01 PM
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Phishing Email Impersonations
Several High Profile Administrators Impersonated
DoIT has been made aware of several new phishing emails from the weekend: From: Dean Drake <ddrake.umbc.edu@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Apr 4, 2020, 2:45 PM Subject: Re: Quick One To: <...
April 6, 2020 · 11:13 AM
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Fake DocuSign Phishing Message
Look out for fake DocuSign Messages
Yesterday morning, between 8:45am and 10:00am, several UMBC users received DocuSign messages offering access to a document called “News Update.pdf” with a button labeled “View Document Now”.  ...
March 31, 2020 · 4:35 PM
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Home Network Security
As we all work and study at home, we need to stay secure.
If you are part of the UMBC community and are reading this in the spring of 2020, then you are very likely working and/or teaching and/or learning from home over the Internet.  In most cases, you...
March 31, 2020 · 4:16 PM
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Telework Security Resources
Here are some good resources for securing your telework...
More people throughout the United States are teleworking now, including many who have never done so before.  The UMBC community is no exception as many of us work, learn and teach from our...
March 31, 2020 · 3:47 PM
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Unexpected Calendar Invites and Meeting/Class Messages
Beware of Unexpected Calendar Invites and Meeting Messages
As we have all begun to work and attend classes remotely, we are receiving more and more meeting messages and calendar invites.  Almost all of these messages and calendar entries include links to...
March 27, 2020 · 12:45 AM
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COVID-19 Insurance Scams
Beware of Insurance Scams
There are many efforts underway to steal information and money through insurance scams.  Some of the recent scams involve: Fake "corona" insurance, Bogus calls warning that your health...
March 27, 2020 · 12:16 AM
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Fraudulent Requests for Medicare Information and $1000 Offer
Don't Give out Information or Fall for Unreal Offers
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports a warning from the Florida Attorney General about recent COVID-19 scams.  In one case, ”a 90-year-old woman was asked for her Medicare number so she could...
March 26, 2020 · 11:57 PM
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