In the last year, cyber criminals delivered a wave of cyber-attacks that were not just highly coordinated, but far more frequent and advanced than ever before seen. Many of them began with a phishing email. To help everyone be more aware of the current widespread and impactful phishing scams, IT Security has created the Real Phishing Threats Page. It lists actual phish that have been received by UCSF and the prevalent phishing campaigns out in the world. It provide additional information on:
- What to watch out for
- Key actions to take
Please bookmark the page and check back often. IT Security will be updating it frequently.
This past month, attackers leveraged the recent Microsoft IT outage caused by the CrowdStrike’s production incident to steal credentials and install malicious software (malware). Remember that cybercriminals commonly leverage current events in phishing attacks. Major stressful events, such as a global IT outage, give attackers ample material for sending out phishing lures.
