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December 9, 2011
PHISHING Attack Targeting the College of Charleston.
SUMMARY
PHISHING Attack Targeting the College of Charleston.
DATE & SEQUENCE
Friday, December 09, 2011 | Alert2011-6
SEVERITY
“HIGH”
AFFECTED PERSONS AND PLATFORMS
- Email users
DETAILS
College Community there is a current PHISHING attack that is targeting College of Charleston email users. The Phishing email appears to come from the College of Charleston, but is not.
An example of the Phishing email that was sent to students, faculty, and staff is shown below. If you have received this email just delete it. If you have already responded to it, please contact the helpdesk immediately.
Example:
—–Original Message—–
From: MacOSX [mailto:MACOSX@LISTSERV.COFC.EDU] On Behalf Of Cofc.edu Support Center
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 8:36 AM
Subject: [Maybe Spam] COFC.EDU IMPORTANT NOTICE!
Dear Cofc.edu User
We recently noticed that important mails are delayed before received due to our anti-Spam filter.We are currently verifying our subscribers email accounts in order to increase the Efficiency of our webmail features. We are deleting all dormant and unused Cofc.edu accounts to create room for more users, To confirm your account is currently in use and join in the Recent Upgrade Taking Place, You are expected to follow the below instruction.
FOLLOW THE LINK TO UPGRADE YOUR ACCOUNT.
hxxp://www.xxausqxxn.us//administrator/
WARNING: Failure to participate in the ongoing web upgrade, will resort to the deactivation of your Cofc.edu account from our database without any form of warning.
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HOW YOU CAN HELP
- Install updated anti-virus. Visit go.cofc.edu/antivirus
- Do not click on suspicious files or attachments
- Contact the Helpdesk 953-3375 with any questions.
LEARN MORE
Never Share or Give Someone Your PASSWORD | Ken Beasley, Information Security Officer
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