[Students] FW: Phishing attacks are getting personal

[Lydia Harkey]

Several employees here at Commerce have received emails that look legit but are really targeted "Spear Phishing" attacks.  The weakest link to any secure system is a human being.  Attackers know this and phishing has evolved from blast emails that they hope to caught a few to targeted messages to specific individuals.  A lot of your information is on the internet (LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.)  Attackers review this before they send out their messages.

Please know that CITE will never send you an email that requests you click on a link and enter personal information.  So, if you get an email requesting you to do so, don't click on any links.  Call the help desk if you have any questions.  We can block spam and phishing attacks before they get to your email if we know about them. You can hover your cursor over a link (don't click!) to reveal the actual link. In a phishing scam this often will be a URL which you won't recognize and different from what is visible.



Phishing scams are attempts to get you to provide private information about yourself by pretending to be a legitimate company or organization or infect your computer.



If you have any doubt at all about the validity of any message, call the Help Desk at 903-468-6000 (off campus) x6000 (on campus).



To learn more about phishing, visit YouTube "What is Phishing<https://youtu.be/E-L8Rrv6A8w>" video created by SecureTheHuman.



Below is a recent phishing scam that has been targeted using Texas A&M University name.


[Title: Phishing Attack Example - Description: Phishing Attack Example - Dear Web-Mail User]


CITE Call Center | Help Desk
Center for IT Excellence | Texas A&M University-Commerce
helpdesk at tamuc.edu<mailto:helpdesk at tamuc.edu>
P.O. Box 3011 | Commerce, Tx 75429-3011
Tel. 903.468.6000 | Fax 903.886.5007| www.tamuc.edu/CITE<http://www.tamuc.edu/CITE>

Texas A&M University-Commerce


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