Cybersecurity Awareness
Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks.
Social engineering is a general term used to describe how bad actors manipulate individuals into giving them access to personal information.
Phishing is the most common form of social engineering for stealing an individual’s personal information like IDs or passwords, or for installing malware which can be used for various purposes including ransomware attacks.
Phishing
Phishing attacks are easier to avoid when you know how to spot them. Below is some information on spotting and avoiding common phishing attacks.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Please read and review the following steps to avoid being a victim of phishing attempts:
Check the sender's email address to ensure it's legitimate.
Double-check the URL of a link before clicking on anything.
Call the company or person directly using a known phone number.
When in doubt, do not click on anything in a suspicious email.
Use the phish alert button to delete and report the email in one step.
Know what to look for
Scammers Response
Looks similar to an existing site -- Look closely at the URL
Promote gifts or loss of access -- If it’s too good to be true, it probably is
Sense of Urgency -- Check your level of alarm
Phish Alert Button
To make it easier for users to report potential phishing emails, we enabled a software button in all faculty and staff Gmail accounts. Please be aware that your Gmail may prompt you to ‘accept’ this feature before fully activating it.
Once activated, the phish alert button will look like an orange hook in Gmail and will appear across the top menu when you open an email.
When you receive an email you suspect may be malicious, press this button to report it. It will automatically delete the email from your inbox and also report the suspicious email to the Technology Office by automatically generating a support ticket. If the email was part of a phishing test launched by our office, you will get a notification that you correctly identified the phish.
If you use Outlook for email, please send in a ticket so our team can install the version for Outlook on your computer.
