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Phishing Email Reported
posted 5/12/2016 12:38:24 PM
closed 5/13/2016 12:38:24 PM
Who is affected? |
User's are receiving an Phishing email coming from a spoofed address of postmaster@uwyo.edu and showing as "UW Information Technology." |
Problem: |
Phishing Email Reported |
Systems Involved: |
Systems |
Details: |
The email subject says "11 Incoming Messages blocked !" and has a graphic body asking to "Kindly click on the below URL" which then has them enter their UW username and password to gain access to the user's credentials. This is a phishing attempt to gain access to University of Wyoming credentials and if entering your username and password your account will be compromised. |
Problem Resolution: |
These have now been blocked |
Information Technology apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please contact your departmental consultant, call the Help Desk at 766-HELP (4357), option 1, or send an email to the Help Desk (userhelp@uwyo.edu) if you have any questions.
Priority Levels:
High -- (affects a majority of campus and/or applications used by a majority of campus) – updated hourly
Medium -- (affects a substantial portion of campus and/or applications used by them) – Updated every 2 hours
Low -- (affects or minimal portion of campus and/or has minimal impact on applications used on campus) – Updated every 4 hours
None -- (minimal to no urgency associated with resolving the incident/event) – Will update when resolved.
