Archive for the ‘Security Alerts’ Category

Fraudulent Email Alert – May 9, 2013

Posted by: admin | May 10, 2013

Fraudulent emails from The System Administrator Management Team requesting users to confirm their webmail accounts have been reported. The email suggests users reply to the email within 24 hours in order to confirm their webmail accounts. Do not reply to this email, click on any links or fill out any online forms with your account [...]

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Fraudulent Email Alert – April 18, 2013

Posted by: admin | April 18, 2013

Fraudulent emails purportedly from the University of British Columbia claiming that the user’s email password has expired have been reported. The email contains a link for the user to an unknown website in order to reset the password to their email account. Do not reply to this email, click on any links or fill out [...]

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Filed under: General, Security Alerts

Possibly Compromised CWL Accounts – Stuffak.com

Posted by: admin | March 29, 2013

Reports of a website requesting both personal and UBC account credentials have been received. The website, Stuffak.com, appears to be an online marketplace for users to buy and sell items. Upon creating an account at the suspected website, users are asked to provide their UBC Campus Wide Login (CWL) credentials (username and password) as proof [...]

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Fraudulent Email Alert – March 22, 2013

Posted by: admin | March 22, 2013

Fraudulent emails purportedly from the University of British Columbia claiming that the user’s email password will expire soon have been reported. The email contains a link for the user to an unknown website in order to reset the password to their email account. Do not reply to this email, click on any links or fill [...]

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Fraudulent Email Alert – February 19, 2013

Posted by: admin | February 19, 2013

Fraudulent emails purportedly from the Webmail Upgrade Team claiming to have detected a virus in the user’s email inbox have been reported. The email contains a link for the user to an unknown website in order to regain access to their email account. Do not reply to this email, click on any links or fill [...]

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Fraudulent Email Alert – February 12, 2013

Posted by: admin | February 12, 2013

Fraudulent emails purportedly from the Webmail Admin Team claiming to have detected a virus in the user’s email inbox have been reported. The email contains a link for the user to an unknown website in order to regain access to their email account. Do not reply to this email, click on any links or fill [...]

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Fraudulent Email Alert – February 4, 2013

Posted by: admin | February 4, 2013

Fraudulent emails purportedly from a compromised UBC email account have been reported. The email contains a link for the user to a fake UBC email website login in order to update their email anti-virus applications. Do not reply to this email, click on any links or fill out any online forms with your account information. [...]

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Sophos Antivirus Upgrades – December 21, 2012 12:00 PT to December 24, 2012 23:45 PT

Posted by: Operations Centre | December 21, 2012

UBC IT will be providing the latest versions of Sophos Antivirus for Windows (version 10.2) and Linux (version 9) on December 21, 2012 beginning at 12:00 PT. All computers currently running the UBC IT provided Sophos Antivirus will be automatically upgraded to the latest versions. A reboot of your computer after the upgrade may be [...]

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Filed under: General, Security Alerts, Software Downloads

Fraudulent Email Alert – November 20, 2012

Posted by: admin | November 20, 2012

Fraudulent emails purportedly from the IT Help Desk requesting users to provide email account information have been reported. The email contains a link for the user to an unknown website in order to provide your account login and other information. Do not reply to this email, click on any links or fill out any online [...]

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Fraudulent Email Alert – November 18, 2012

Posted by: Operations Centre | November 18, 2012

Fraudulent emails purportedly from the University of British Columbia informing users of new security programs have been reported. The email contains a link for the user to an unknown website in order to login to their mailbox and download unknown security programs and updates. Do not reply to this email, click on any links or [...]

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