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Cybersecurity Alerts

How to Spot a Job Scam

Scammers Are Sill Exploiting The Pandemic

With Covid-19 causing many Americans to file for unemployment, many people are looking for jobs.  Some malicious actors are taking advantage of them by creating new job scams. Here is a list of...

Posted: June 10, 2020, 7:52 PM

Protect UMBC - Ransomware Attacks Still Active

Your Own Computer Held Hostage

Many of us lived our lives, at least in part, through computers even before telework and distance learning became the norm.  You may use your computer for writing reports, designing presentations,...

Posted: June 8, 2020, 10:28 AM

College Stimulus Check Scam

Another Email Scam Riding the Headlines

The Federal Trade Commission warns of a phishing email scam aimed at college students. The malicious actor sends emails out claiming to be from the Financial Department of the student’s...

Posted: June 4, 2020, 11:10 AM

Maryland COVID-19 Contact Tracing

Make sure you know who you’re talking to

May 22, 2020 Next Week, Maryland will begin a state-wide effort to trace the spread of COVID-19.  The effort will involve health workers making phone calls to Maryland residents.  This is a...

Posted: May 22, 2020, 3:02 PM

Android Ransomware

Malicious Software Pretending To Provide COVID-19 Info

Android Ransomware DomainTools discovered that domain names associated with COVID-19 and Coronavirus have spiked in the past few weeks, and many of those domains are considered malicious. One...

Posted: May 18, 2020, 6:24 PM

COVID-19 Phishing Attacks

A review of different attacks exploiting COVID-19 fears

Tripwire has released an article warning of these COVID19-related phishing scams. This article can be found at this link:...

Posted: May 18, 2020, 6:17 PM

11May2020 Update: COVID-19 Job Scam in Email

Fake Job Offeres Still Coming In

The UMBC Division of Information Technology is still receiving notification of a widespread job scam.  The subject is: UMBC COVID-19 INFORMATION. The From: address changes from one burst of...

Posted: May 11, 2020, 11:25 AM

Email Attacks

A Review Of Recent Email Trying To Infect Your Computer

Email Attacks Tripwire has released an article warning of these COVID-19 related email scams. The article can be found at this link:...

Posted: May 8, 2020, 12:31 PM

COVID-19 Job Scam in Email

New Scam Subject: UMBC COVID-19 INFORMATION

The UMBC Division of Information Technology received notification of a new job scam variant on 08may2020.  The subject is: UMBC COVID-19 INFORMATION From: Koyepes Michael...

Posted: May 8, 2020, 12:12 PM

"Password Notification" Scam

Email with bogus link wants to steal your password

This morning DoIT has received several reports of a password change scam that has been going around campus: From: ti93943@wildblue.net Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 9:45 AM Subject: Password...

Posted: May 6, 2020, 12:03 PM