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Phish Bowl

mouse arrow over red backgroundCLICK WISELY!

Click only links and files that are expected, and only from people you trust.

There is a reason so many cyber attacks start with a bogus email message. It works. This type of scam is called phishing, and the goal is to get you to click a fraudulent link, open an unsafe file, or give up personal information.

REPORT PHISHING!

By forwarding phishing emails to phishing@harvard.edu.

The information below will teach you how to spot a phony links and phishing scams, as well as how to report a phishing attempt. Falling for the trick can cost you your passwords, bank account information, or personal data.

Report Phishing by forwarding phishing emails to phishing@harvard.edu.

HLS ITS will NEVER send an email asking for your login information/passwords or any other sensitive information.

More on phishing:

Recent Examples of phishing emails received at HLS:

This is an example of a Phishing Message received by several folks at HLS. The links have been removed, but this attempted to download malware onto the target computers. As always, please forward these messages to phishing@harvard.edu and delete them from your inbox. From: “Ē-fâx Online <+1 514-323-2200> @electronic ḟax transmission@Donotreply” <Angela.Baldwin@pal-serv.com> Date: July 17, […]

This message was received by many members of the HLS Community today.  This is a phishing message, please do not click or open the attachment, and delete/disregard. From: Gordon-Seemore, Michelle Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 3:06 PM Subject: Today Payment Confirmation Good Day Please find the copy of enclosed SWIFT copy and message sent by […]

This is an example of scam email which has been sent to members of the HLS Community. ———- Original Message ———- From: HARVARD UNIVERSITY To: Date: March 5, 2018 at 6:26 AM Subject: Attn:Mr J H R Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Dear Sir I hope this message finds you well. I’m honored to […]

This message was received by many members of the HLS Community today.  This is a fake message and should be deleted/disregarded.   From: Webmail-Team <radko.janousek@coreproduction.cz> Date: Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 4:56 PM Subject: Re-validate To: Webmail-Team <radko.janousek@coreproduction.cz> You Now have (3) incoming messages pending on our server.  OPEN HERE to use the message retriever […]

Harvard’s Chief Information Security Officer, Christian Hamer, recently sat down with the Harvard Gazette to discuss the rise of Phishing attacks. Phishing attacks are ever increasing at Harvard because, as Hamer states, “There’s a reason cyber attackers use phishing emails — they are cheap, low-tech, and they work”. To stay safe online, Hamer recommends the […]

This example of a Phishing Message was received on Nov. 1st.  It tries to trick you into entering your email address and password to see and sign a non-existent document.  If you receive this message, please disregard, and do not open it or enter credentials. From: Jack Powell <jack.powell@stayonline.com> Date: November 1, 2017 at 2:54:29 […]

Dear Members of the HLS Community, Welcome to the HLS ITS Safe Computing newsletter. Our goal with these quarterly advisories is to raise awareness of security related issues and topics. Should you have any questions on the following, please call ITS at 617-495-0722 or email hlshelp@law.harvard.edu. Technology plays an ever-increasing role in our lives. As a […]

From: Phillips, Clyde [mailto:cphillips@occ.cccd.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 9, 2017 2:39 PM To: info@Helpdesk.org Subject: Re: Your E-mailbox password will soon expire Your E-mailbox password will soon expire. To keep your password active. Click Link To Validate Your Account to update Cheers! ITS HelpCentre ©2017  Web Administrator. All rights reserved.

Subject: RE: OIT Web Service Alert Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 9:25 AM Sender: Jenkins, Isabella T. – cau.edu To: Jenkins, Isabella T. – cau.edu Body: see below IT Administrator has currently upgraded all mailboxes (size to 20.0GB). Please upgrade your account by Simply Click Here To Expand Helpdesk.

Subject: All Faculty\Staff and students Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 11:19 AM Sender: someone at @brain. net. pk Body: see below To All Faculty\Staff and students Take note of this important update that our new web mail has been improved with a new messaging system from Outlook Web Access which also include faster usage on email, […]

Subject: Alert Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 1:38 PM Body: see below There has been an automatic security update on your email. Update Here <LINK REMOVED> to complete update Please note that you have within 24 hours to complete this update because you might lose access to your Email   Technical support

Subject: <Dear User.> Sent: Monday, August 1, 2016 Body: see below Dear Outlook Mail User, Due to database maintenance that is happening in our Outlook mail message center. Our message center must be reset. The maintenance of quarantine will help us avoid this dilemma every day and with the new improved security software it will provides […]

Subject: <Validate Webmail Users 2016> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 8:45 AM Body: see below Dear webmail Users, You are required to actively check your e-mail access due to maintenance update, to avoid closure please click update account below. Update Account: <http://sabiamh.ulcraft.com/> IMPORTANT NOTE: You won’t be able to send and receive mail if you do […]

Dear Members of the Harvard Law School Community: Harvard Information Security recently detected an intrusion on the Harvard FAS network.  If you received an email, directly from a member of Harvard’s Information Security team, please reset your HarvardKey password as soon as possible. For more details see: http://security.harvard.edu/cyber-alert If you have questions or concerns please call the ITS […]