Please note that there is now an updated version of this notice. Please see the following article. IT security policy requires password changes every 180 days. In order to achieve this, passwords are set to expire approximately every 180 days. Warnings and reminders are sent in the period running up to password expiry times. This … Continue reading “Genuine Password Change Notice”
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.
Malicious Emails and How to Spot Them
Millions of malicious emails are sent every day. Many of these are trying to steal your personal details. Most of you are aware that criminals send messages that pretend to come from your bank to steal bank and other personal details, but a fair proportion of these target less obvious information such as your University … Continue reading “Malicious Emails and How to Spot Them”
Fake Speeding Notifications
Quite a few fake speeding tickets have been sent to University members. There have been variations of this type of email, all claiming to be from Greater Manchester Police. The link in this example led to a page inviting you to open a document and asked for your username and password. Another very similar message … Continue reading “Fake Speeding Notifications”
Recent Phishing Email
As part of this blog we intend to bring you examples of phishing and other malicious emails with highlighting suspicious characteristics. It is hoped that this will help people spot malicious email more easily. Additionally, it should also be useful in helping people avoid suspicious characteristics in genuine messages. Here is the first example which … Continue reading “Recent Phishing Email”