We have a huge number of reports of a phishing campaign which many people have recognised as such. Some, however, appear to have been taken in by this. Initial versions came from outside the University which were easy to spot as bogus. However, once some people had given their passwords away their accounts were then … Continue reading “Important Message From Staff Portal”
Category: Malicious Email
Fake Email Administrator Message
Quite a few people have received a message asking you to login to “reset” their email. This is something that IT services would never ask you to do. It is similar to others that have asked you “verify” your email. As it generated a few queries, I am posting an example with an explanation of … Continue reading “Fake Email Administrator Message”
Parcel Deliveries
There have been a lot of bogus emails claiming to be about parcel deliveries. We have given plenty of advice on spotting bogus messages, but this piece of simple advice should help avoid falling victim to even the most convincing scams. A lot of people now appreciate that if they are not expecting a parcel, … Continue reading “Parcel Deliveries”
Bogus invoices from the University
We have had a lot of reports about fake invoices apparently sent from other members or departments in the University. A new trick being deployed is to add an extra address in the from: field after the name but before the actual address in the from: field. This tries to trick people into downloading and … Continue reading “Bogus invoices from the University”
Majordomo Mailing Lists and Malicious Email – Advice for List Owners
We have had a lot of calls and emails from people concerned about a recent malicious email (fake DHL parcel notification – see https://blog.bham.ac.uk/itsecurity/2017/04/04/malware-in-fake-dhl-parcel-notification/). The messages were sent mainly to Majordomo mailing lists, so many people received multiple copies. It has become apparent that many list owners are not taking advantage of security features of … Continue reading “Majordomo Mailing Lists and Malicious Email – Advice for List Owners”
Malware in Fake DHL Parcel Notification
We have received numerous messages containing email claiming to be from DHL about a parcel. The messages ask you to download a “javascript report”. Javascript is a language for writing programs and not the type of file that would contain a report. This is in fact a javascript program that when run downloads other malicious … Continue reading “Malware in Fake DHL Parcel Notification”
Malicious email from Birmingham University account
The following are examples of phishing email sent from a Birmingham account that had been compromised. If you look carefully at the content it should be clear that the messages are not genuine. We think that the fact that it originated from within the University led some people to believe that it was real. … Continue reading “Malicious email from Birmingham University account”
Fake UKPC parking tickets
Amongst the other scams and phishing emails that are around, there is a fake email based parking ticket scam being sent to people nationally. The email contains a fake parking ticket. The email claims to be from UKPC and has a link that tries to trick you into downloading malware onto your PC. This has … Continue reading “Fake UKPC parking tickets”
Bogus Booking Confirmation
We have received a few of these today. The booking confirmation links to malware which could infect your PC.
Pay Rise Too Good to be True
The following email generated a few queries. We are not sure if the message was associated with phishing or malware because the target web page was taken down before we had time to analyse it.