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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 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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