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Thank you for being part of UMBC (Phishing Edition)
We are glad you are here, but we don't want your password
DoIT is aware of an ongoing phishing campaign targeting faculty and staff. The message arrives in users' inboxes appearing to be a document shared from Google. Within the document there is a link...
July 4, 2025 · 2:43 PM
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IMPORTANT
Cybersecurity Alert: Phishing Emails Continue
Watch fireworks and your inbox
Recently, DoIT has seen an increase in phishing emails claiming that the receiver's UMBC account is being deactivated or offering a part time job. Some of the emails are specifically mentioning...
July 3, 2025 · 5:37 PM
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Cybersecurity Alert: Increase in Phishing Scams
Account stealers and fake job scams use multiple methods
DoIT has detected several sophisticated email phishing scams attempting to steal user account credentials across campus. These scams have directed users to enter their username and password into...
June 24, 2025 · 6:45 PM
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UMBC Alert Renewal Messages Are Legitimate
Over the weekend, some members of the UMBC community may have received messages (via text or email) like the ones shown below, prompting users to renew their UMBC Alert account. These messages...
June 2, 2025 · 12:32 PM
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Cybersecurity Alert: Phishing Emails Targeting UMBC Benefits Information
Watch out for fake emails with subjects like "Meeting/[your name]" asking to review your pension and UMBC benefits. These are NOT legitimate and are part of a phishing campaign DoIT is tracking....
May 14, 2025 · 1:03 PM
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Copier and Toner Telephone Scam
Sharing for Awareness
We're sharing information about a recent phone and email scam to raise awareness across our campus community. Multiple scammers posing as a 'Shipping' and 'Billing' department targeted a UMBC...
March 7, 2025 · 11:09 AM
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Beware of PayPal "New Address" Emails
New approach (to phishing). Same goal.
Cyberattackers constantly evolve their tactics to bypass organizational defenses. A recent trend involves exploiting PayPal's gift address feature to deliver phishing messages. These messages...
February 24, 2025 · 9:09 AM
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Financial Aid and Job Offers Email
It seemed phishy because it was!
This morning, several individuals received a phishing email disguised as a job opportunity. We want to thank everyone who reported it. Your reports allow us to take immediate action to protect...
February 21, 2025 · 9:37 AM
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Account Deactivation Emails
Don't click - it's a phish!!
The Department of Information Technology (DoIT) has received reports of a phishing campaign asking the campus community to provide their user ids and passwords to ensure their accounts are not...
December 4, 2024 · 1:39 PM
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Gift Card Scams Are Targeting UMBC Staff
If it seems weird, it is. Don't do it.
For several years, UMBC's Division of Information Technology has received reports of gift card scams. Recently, some of these scams have been sent as text messages to personal phones, falsely...
July 31, 2024 · 9:02 PM
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