Article: “Hackers broke into university networks in just two hours”
Article from ZDNet Ethical hackers testing the security of university networks found they were able to breach networks and access…
Article: Facebook Stored Millions of Passwords in Plaintext—Change Yours Now
Via: Wired.com By now, it’s difficult to summarize all of Facebook’s privacy, misuse, and security missteps in one neat description.…
Phishing Email ALERT: “URGENT REQUEST”
A number of Fordham users have received phishing messages from jamesjbrudney@gmail.com. The subject lines reads some variation of “URGENT REQUEST”…
Malware Infection Causes 2 Day Shutdown of Columbia State College
From Campus Safety Magazine: After a computer virus infiltrated Columbia State Community College (Tenn.), the school’s five campuses were forced…
Phishing Email Alert: “Fordham University send you a secured document”
A number of Fordham users have received phishing messages from amislam@ualberta.ca. The subject line reads “Fordham University send you a secured document”…
TurboTax Accounts Breached
From SC Media: Intuit, the company behind tax preparation software TurboTax, said users’ accounts may have been accessed by an…
Impostors and Fraudulent Purchase Orders
Purchase order fraud occurs when a scammer contacts a vendor and impersonates a legitimate customer. While posing as the representative…
Email Messages from Impostors
Members of the Fordham University community have received messages from scammers impersonating our users and other trusted senders. Fordham IT…
Did You Receive an Email Saying Your Account was Hacked?
Members of the Fordham University community have received scam messages claiming their accounts have been compromised and that the sender…
Alert: Personalized Scams
Via: Sans.org Overview Cyber criminals continue to come up with new and creative ways to fool people. A new type…