Active Phishing Alert

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:15:21 -0400
cybersecurity, phishing

Hello UMBC Community!

The Cybersecurity Assurance and Digital Trust Department (CADT) in the Division of Information Technology is tracking an active phishing campaign that has impacted our campus community. This particular phishing campaign is targeting users with a phishing link that leads to a webpage resembling myUMBC. Examples of the phishing emails can be found at the end of this post.

Compromised users have been notified and their account passwords scrambled to safeguard their accounts. They have also received personalized myUMBC posts informing them of the events.

If you have received notices from CADT, make sure you change your password to a long, unique value that you have not used on myUMBC or other services in the past. It is important that you do not provide attackers with your DUO two-factor authentication codes or accept push notifications you have not initiated.

Users who believe they have already clicked on the phishing links should contact security@umbc.edu to report the phishing email.

Thank you for assisting us in keeping the campus community safe!
Phishing Examples