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PHISHING Email

Posted 8/5/2015 8:51:58 AM
closed 8/10/2015 8:51:58 AM

Who is affected?

User's potentially could be affected by a recent Phishing attempt that came to UW this morning. There is a link included in the email asking for your account information. Please do not fill out this information as it will compromise your account. The link is removed in the body of the email in the details of this report, but if you filled out the link, please contact the UWIT Help Desk at 307 766-4357, option #1 to reset your password. Remember, UW will never ask for your password. Any email requesting this information should be considered SPAM or Phishing and be deleted.

Problem:

PHISHING Email

Systems involved:

Office 365

Updates:

8/17/2015 9:18:07 AM:
Phish email reported and take care of by security and PC team.

Details:

Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 8:09 AM To: notice@uwyo.edu Subject: Notice We have safeguarded your account, there is a possibility that someone other than you is attempting to login your account. As part of our ongoing commitment to provide the best protection to all our customer's security. We therefore ask you to fill in your online data correctly, in other for us to update the settings in your account, by click or copy past this link on your browser: Your security is our priority. Copyright � 2015 All rights reserved Division of Information Technology

Problem resolution:

The email is currently being blocked on UW by the UWIT Security Team.

Information Technology apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please contact 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.

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