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Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [SECURITY] covid19 phishing scams
From: Angel Howard <alhoward () GEORGIASOUTHERN EDU>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:52:41 -0400
We have seen an uptick in phishing attempts as well. Nothing super fancy, just the regular stuff. In terms of phishing campaigns, we are educating our leadership and sending the message down stream. For an actual phishing strategy using corona as a target....not sure how much buy in we would get and if would do more harm than good as it relates to trust from our users with IT and Security. Would be interesting to see if anyone else is using this as leverage. -Angel On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 11:31 AM Dennis Bolton <bolton () oakland edu> wrote:
Hi, I've not seen an uptick either, which surprises me. We are a Google shop so I'm wondering if they are being more aggressive on proactively stopping it? I was curious has anything thought about doing a phishing campaign on this topic for their users? Dennis B Information Security Officer Oakland University On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 11:26 AM Jim A. Bole <jbole () stevenson edu> wrote:I haven't seen many covid19 phishing attempts in my environment. I was expecting more, including some sophisticated one. Scammers are typically pretty good about leveraging major events. Anyone seeing any "good" phishing attacks that might be worth educating users? Other than concerns around expanding remote access, I think phishing awareness is another big area for infosec to focus on during this big external event. Jim Bole Director of Information Security Stevenson University 1525 Greenspring Valley Road Stevenson, MD, 21153-0641 jbole () stevenson edu | O: 443-334-2696 ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community-- Dennis Bolton Information Security Officer Oakland University Dodge Hall Rm 220 118 Library Drive Rochester, MI 48309-4401 248-370-4803 ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community
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