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Jun 2023: Hijacked Email Threads Spread Malicious Software

Threat Alert: What to Watch For Cybercriminals have launched phishing attacks that hijack legitimate email threads to deliver malicious URLs. Attackers hijack email threads to further increase the believability of the attacks.

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Email Authentication

Email spoofing (creating forged email addresses and content); is widely used in email-based fraud, such as phishing messages, making it necessary to have validated identification of email. In practice, someone sends a message claiming to be from [email protected]. The goal is to convince the recipient to accept and read the email. The name of the sender may look familiar or the message like a known organization; making it difficult for recipients to determine if they should trust this message.

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Apple Mail

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Mailing Lists

Description Mailing lists can be sent using UCSF managed services or through a select number of popular third-party vendors. New listserv and Distribution List request: Go to help.ucsf.edu >> Accounts, Access & Email >> Electronic Mailing List Request. Do not use a mailing list when sending "protected data." including PHI, PII, FERPA. Use them when you need to:

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Email Security FAQs

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Office 365: Connecting Evolution to Exchange Online

If you use Linux and prefer a desktop email application to the excellent Outlook webmail client then you have a new option. Gnome Evolution with Exchange Web Services support (evolution-ews) version 3.27.91 and later support OAuth2, which means you can connect Evolution to Exchange Online (UCSF's email service). Install Evolution with EWS support from your favorite application source.

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Sending a secure email

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Box: Manage Email Uploads

Overview UCSF Box allows you to designate folder(s) in which users can email files directly to Box by sending an attachment to a unique email address. Email attachments will be uploaded as long as they do not collectively exceed 80 MB. The body of the email will not be uploaded. The upload is secure because Box scans every attachment before it is uploaded to Box and quarantines the attachment if malware is discovered. Once the file has been posted to Box, CipherCloud will scan it for UCSF PHI as it wo

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Communicating with Non-UCSF Colleagues

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Secure Email Recipient Help

Introduction You just received a "secure" email message from someone at UCSF. It's your first one, and you aren't sure what to do. This page is here to explain next steps and help you:

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