During the 2017 Spring Divisional Meeting for ICIT, there was an exercise called: “Spot that Phish!” The purpose of this exercise was to become more familiar with security measures on campus, and learn to identify malicious content and phishing scams. There were 5 members of ICIT who wrote in their names and correctly identified every threat in the phishing emails: Shane Degen, Tarin Lintemuth, Bradley Schwoerer, Kelly Ingram, and Mike Olson. We pulled a random name out of a hat and Kelly Ingram was the lucky winner! Kelly is now the owner of a brand new iPad mini. Congratulations Kelly and thank you to everyone who participated in this exercise.
As a reminder, please continue to be vigilant of ongoing phishing scams and remember to consider these key points:
- Check the sender of the incoming email.
• Safe: helpdesk@uww.edu Not Safe: helpdesk@uwww.ed - What kind of information is being requested?
- Do not trust any requests that ask for your password or other personal identification.
- Check the links.
- Hover over links to make sure they are going to a trusted webpage before clicking on them.
- Check the content.
- Make sure the message actually makes sense. Be wary of “forced urgency”, weird characters, and spelling mistakes.
