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Another Variant Of A Common Scam
Recently DoIT has been notified of a phishing email scam where the malicious actor is impersonating a UMBC staff member. The name has been removed from the From for privacy reasons, but an example...
August 5, 2020
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5:59 PM
Data Breach On Digital Banking App
In June 2020, Dave, a digital banking app, suffered a data breach. 7.5 million rows of data were leaked to the public on a hacking forum. The breach exposed individuals’ Personal Identifiable...
August 4, 2020
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10:34 AM
The Survey Site Is Legitimate. The Survey Is Not.
According to an article at https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com, Abnormal Security recently discovered a new phishing campaign using malicious emails from a legitimate SurveyMonkey domain. A...
July 30, 2020
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4:37 PM
Faked Email Messages Looking For Your Phone Number
A new wave of Spear-phishing emails hit roughly 300 UMBC inboxes this weekend. An example is shown below, with the From field altered and the To field removed for privacy. There is no body in this...
July 30, 2020
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3:42 PM
UMBC Community Gets More Fake Job Offers
Jobs phishing Alert: Corestaff During the past week, DOIT has received several notifications of phishing emails impersonating Corestaff. Below is a sample message that was sent to many UMBC...
July 30, 2020
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3:40 PM
Job Scams, Checks, and Threats
UMBC continues to receive phishing email campaigns from a malicious actor pretending to be from either Cisco or Corestaff. This phishing email has the goal of not only getting users personal...
July 30, 2020
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3:36 PM
Phishers Want Your Phone Number
A new wave of Spear-phishing emails hit roughly 300 UMBC inboxes this weekend. An example is shown below, with the From field altered and the To field removed for privacy. There is no body in this...
July 28, 2020
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4:28 PM
Phishing Campaign Exploits Remote Meeting Users
Abnormal Security recently found a Zoom-themed phishing campaign. This campaign is using fake Zoom alerts to steal Microsoft 356 credentials. With the boom in teleworking, workers at many...
July 27, 2020
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5:53 PM
Docusign Fakes Target UMBC And Other Universities
The Division of Information Technology has received notices of a faked Docusign email sent out this week. The subject line of the fake is: re:Docusign - Review File - <email address>...
July 22, 2020
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4:12 PM
Fake Job Scams Target UMBC Students
During the past week, DOIT has received notifications of several phishing emails. Below is a sample of a Phishing message that over 600 UMBC students have received. For privacy purposes the To...
July 22, 2020
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2:52 PM