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Tag: Email

Seriously Phishy

May 19, 2017 David Olds

I mentioned in my blog post back on 12 January 2017 that Phishing was getting serious – Phishing getting serious…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: Email, Phishing, scam, spear-phishing, targeted

LinkedIn Phishing attempt

January 31, 2017 David Olds

Please confirm your email address for LinkedIn … NOT! As I keep saying, these phishing attempts are getting better and…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: Email, linkedin, phish, Spam

Phishing getting serious now in Oxford

January 12, 2017 David Olds

This is a very targeted Phishing attempt to Oxford University staff and students. These types of phishing emails are ONLY going…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: Email, Inbox, phish, Phishing

Yawn – phishing for a full inbox

December 22, 2016 David Olds

Same old …same old… Yeah I know more phishing attempts, but still people are falling for these for some reason.…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: Email, full, Inbox, mail, Phishing

Hone your Phishing skills

November 3, 2016 David Olds

Here is another example to help hone your skills on how to spot scam / phishing messages If you ever…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: Email, example, Inbox, message, Phishing, scam, skills

Phishing for your GROUPON account

July 21, 2016 David Olds

Now phishing has moved into voucher marketing. I received this email yesterday from “GROUPN” [sic], clearly suspicious … so I dug…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: Email, malicious, malware, Phishing, Spam

WebAuth pages targeted in Oxford University Phishing Campaign

April 25, 2016 David Olds

OxCERT (Oxford Computer Emergency Response Team) has received reports of a phishing campaign targeting the University’s Web Authentication service (WebAuth).…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: Email, oxford, Phishing, WebAuth

fakeGoogle Phishing

December 17, 2015 David Olds

If you get an email claiming your Google account will be suspended be very careful – it is most probably another phishing…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: Email, Google, Phishing, scam

UPDATE – Malicious email attachments in Oxford

November 10, 2015 David Olds

Further to my email of Friday 6 November 2015 at 10pm http://it.queens.ox.ac.uk/2015/11/06/malware-infections-spreadsheet-attachments-in-emails/ IT Services declared a major incident yesterday (Monday…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: attachments, Email, excel, infection, malicious, malware, virus, Windows, word

Malware Infections – Spreadsheet attachments in emails

November 6, 2015 David Olds

SUMMARY – PLEASE READ Staff, academics and students dealing with finance for University / College clubs and societies should be…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: attachments, Email, malicious, Phishing

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