There has been a noticeable uptick in phishing emails exploiting the sentiment surrounding the events in Ukraine. In the first week of March, there were over 600 quarantined phishing emails referencing Ukraine. Most of these emails advertised t-shirts and stickers to support the cause, or shared misinformation articles to trick…

Phishing is… the crafting of an email that appears real to trick you into clicking a link in an email or share sensitive information with a malicious party Mimicked Login Sites The most common phishing emails seek to create urgency by warning you about an impending negative event such as:…

New Year, New Resolutions! This is the perfect opportunity to take some time to review AgriLife IT’s Best Practices when it comes to IT Services. Click the links below to go to a specific section, or scroll through them all! AgriLife AgNet Account Our password policy and reset process changed…

The holiday season is always lucrative for hackers, scammers, and online thieves. While millions will be scouring the internet for the best in-stock gifts and deals, attackers will be looking to take advantage of unsuspecting shoppers by finding weaknesses in their devices, networks, or attempting to extract information through fake…

All hardware is subject to a lifecycle: When many of us receive a new device, we tend to squirrel away the old device into a drawer or closet for a rainy day. We justify this by saying that it is wise to have a spare device. The problem with this…

Phishing has been plaguing email users since 1996, and it is not going away any time soon. Email protection and filtering have evolved and become extremely intelligent, but so have the phishing campaigns. Malicious individuals create more than 1.5 million new phishing sites each month and phishing accounted for over…

Microsoft warns that attackers are now employing a more sophisticated email phishing attack technique. The attack uses links that redirect to a CAPTCHA page before again redirecting to a realistic-looking login website to get you to enter your credentials twice. Multiple redirects and the CAPTCHA page used in this type…

What is changing? This change was mandated by the TAMUS System Chief Information Security Officer (SCISO), in response to a newly discovered security threat targeting MFA systems, like DUO. You can read more about the updated TAMU System Security Control standard here. What does this mean for you? If you…

What is a malvertising attack? A malvertising attack occurs when a legitimate website you are visiting loads a malicious piece of code embedded in an advertisement. Typically, the attack tries to trick the user into performing an action that the bad actors need in order to gain control of the…