What happened?Earlier today an employee in an administrative office received a very targeted phishing email. The email subject line was “Fitnyc Payroll/Benefits Plan On October 5, 2023 at 02:12:42 PM” and claimed to be from FIT’s Human Resources Department. This email was certainly a phish and had a malicious attachment. The subject line included a unique timestamp […]
What is happening?We emailed you back in September about phishing emails that purport to come from Best Buy and Geek Squad. Many of you have reported them as phish to Google and we want to thank you for being proactive. Marking these emails as phish not only strengthens the Google filters but also sends us […]
Cybersecurity authorities are warning of an attack group dubbed “Luna Moth” launching a widespread phishing scam with the end goal of getting access to sensitive business information. The emails pretend to be an alert that a subscription will automatically renew (from services such as Zoho, Duolingo, or MasterClass) and to call the number on the […]
What happened? Last week we emailed you that several SUNY campuses, including FIT, have received phishing emails from other legitimate SUNY campus accounts that have been misused to send phishes. Yesterday we received a report of a student at a SUNY college who received a call from (844) 376-9163. The robo call claimed to be […]
What happened? We have received several reports of FIT users getting fake subscription renewal emails from reputable companies, like Norton AntiVirus and McAfee. Scammers will often try to take advantage of the new year, when email inboxes are full of promotions, receipts, and renewal notifications, hoping to catch the recipients off guard. We would like […]
Cybersecurity researchers have identified an increase in email phishing targeting mostly North American universities attempting to steal university login credentials. The threats typically leverage COVID-19 themes, including testing information and the new Omicron variant. Researchers believe activity will increase in the next two months as colleges and universities provide testing for students, faculty, and other […]
What happened?Over the weekend and this morning, FIT (and many of our peer SUNY campuses) received emails from several senders all purporting to represent the IRS, with a subject line of “Recalculating Your Tax Refund Payment.” The emails contained a click button that brings users to a site that looks like an IRS.gov site, but […]
What happened?An advisory has just been released by one the Higher Education cybersecurity communication groups alerting us to two phishing campaigns targeting students using the lure of the Pell Grant. The first one attempts to contact students by text message, a form of phishing called “SMiShing,” congratulating them on their acceptance into the Pell Grant Award […]
What happened?We have just been made aware that some FIT employees and students have received three different phishing emails appearing with the subject lines “You have 5 new held messages 12/17/2020″, “Mailbox quota notification for,” and “Notice: Account Update.” All three emails pretended to be related to Office 365 and, in some cases, were spoofing […]
FIT has seen a large increase in spam and phishing emails, aimed at both students and employees. They claim to be discussing lucrative job offers from CareerBuilder and other sources. We have reason to believe these emails are fake, aimed at getting recipients to contact the sender and divulge personal information.