What happened?We write to remind you to remain vigilant against cyber scams related to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Information security authorities have seen a rise in phishing attempts where the bad guys are spoofing government agencies taking advantage of the COVID-19 narrative. Examples of these scams include:Phishing emails, texts, and phone calls with the subject “COVID-19 […]
Read Full Zoom Advisory from the Department of Homeland Security here. UPDATE: Effective on May 5 at 12noon the ability to link Zoom to your FIT Google account will be revoked. Email sent to All FIT Employees on Wednesday, April 29th: The Division of Information Technology continues to support the FIT community while we work […]
Google Alerts is a useful service that allows you to receive emails when new pages appear in the Google search index that are related to specific keywords, such as “FIT.” Unfortunately, there is a new scam that takes advantage of this feature. Recently bad actors have begun injecting malicious sites into the Google search indexes […]
Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a security feature designed to prevent unauthorized access to many online accounts, like your email account and your social media accounts. If you enable two-factor authentication, you’ll be asked to enter a special login code or confirm your login attempt each time access to your account is attempted from an unauthorized […]
We’ve been advised by SUNY’s information security team that cybercriminals are leveraging the recent tragedies in New Zealand and Ethiopia as pretexts for email phishing attacks. Unfortunately, hackers will take any advantage of incidents like these to steal money and information, and/or plant malware. (Please see our similar advisory from last September regarding phishing attacks based […]
Criminals seeking to steal identities are abusing the U.S. Postal Service’s Informed Delivery, a service that allows you to digitally preview your mail and manage package delivery. The scam takes advantage of the weak verification method used by USPS to authenticate new customers; USPS uses information available on websites like spokeo.com, zillow.com, and social media […]
Cybercriminals often try to capitalize on the outpouring of support for those impacted by natural disasters to trick those seeking to help to reveal private information or downloading malicious software. Numerous scams are circulating via email and social media from cyberattackers hoping to take advantage of people looking to help those affected during hurricane season. […]
Several “summer job opportunity” fliers have been spotted around campus. This multi-level marketing company did not have permission to post their fliers on campus. IT would like to take this as an opportunity to remind the FIT community that cyber criminals also try to take advantage of college students looking for work, wanting to make […]
What happened? SUNY is reporting that many campuses are experiencing a phishing attack. At least one person at FIT was targeted. This attack is particularly clever in that clicking the infected link or button in the email redirects you to a site that harvests email addresses and subject lines in your email account, and uses […]
What happened? We’ve been made aware of a phone scam targeting students at other SUNY campuses where criminals are impersonating SUNY Admissions or other administrative offices and asking for sensitive information. To give the appearance of credibility these attackers are also using a technique called “caller ID spoofing” to make it appear that the call […]