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UNCG is seeing an uptick in phishing emails. Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools allow grifters to create more convincing and harder-to-detect phishing messages. Microsoft filters out many malicious emails, but scammers are constantly improving their methods.  Recent phishing strategies include:  threatening to disable your account unless you take action; offering fantastic work opportunities; and offering deals [Read More]

Be vigilant with financial account security, even when advanced security features are enabled. According to  Federal Trade Commission (FTC), “Consumers reported losing nearly $8.8 billion to fraud in 2022, an increase of more than 30 percent over the previous year.”  One scam that uses social engineering can bypass advanced security measures, like security text codes, [Read More]

The national news media has reported that a significant number of organizations around the world have been affected by a cybersecurity event that involves a software utility called MOVEit, a widely used electronic file transfer software.   UNCG does not use MOVEit software and has found no evidence of a security breach on campus. However, [Read More]

Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors made connecting devices to computers quick and easy. However, this convenience comes with risks as hackers have found that USBs make it easy to trick people into making devices vulnerable to attacks. USB attacks require the purchase and use of potentially expensive hardware devices, but the benefits for the attacker [Read More]

Just when you think they can’t get any more conniving, hackers have started using Google Docs for phishing. If you receive an invitation to collaborate on a Google Doc that you aren’t expecting, especially by someone you don’t know, be cautious. You could be opening a document that has malware links in it or is [Read More]