The Ohio State University accounts are being targeting in an increasing number of phishing attempts. Bad actors who send these campaigns often try to get login credentials to gain access to account details, and thus Ohio State’s internal systems and protected information. Last month, there were more than 63,000 credential threat attempts targeting faculty, staff and student email inboxes. While the university’s security systems monitor users’ accounts 24/7 and blocks most of these attempts, a small percentage gets through.
Attackers are taking advantage of the ongoing pandemic to step up phishing efforts – including email, instant messaging and text messaging. In addition, major elections are always a time of increased phishing activity. With the presidential election just a few days away, now is a time to be...
As part of our Office 365 Transformation Roadmap , we are implementing email improvements throughout the current academic year. Two upcoming enhancements are a new and improved landing page for logging in to email...
Some of our users have recently reported seeing a widely-used Username and Password scam that cybercriminals are using to extort money from recipients. Our email security software has been stopping these messages and sending a follow up notification that a malicious email has been contained. But...
Over the last few weeks, an email entitled, "The Ohio State University (JOB REFERRAL): Employment Opportunity!" was reported to Report Phish by Ohio State users more than 1800 times! As spammers and phishers get more sophisticated it becomes more difficult to block them all, but we have some...
New semester, new schedule. New tuition payment. Are you sure you are all paid up? So sure that when the scammer calls you threatening to drop your classes if you don’t pay, you are unlikely to hand them your credit card number?
How about that strange text you got from a random number,...
A phishing campaign has targeted the university, resulting in many students and some faculty and staff receiving numerous fraudulent, harmful messages. The Enterprise Security and OCIO teams are working to address this problem.
Phishing risks have increased exponentially in recent years, and Ohio State is taking a number of steps to ensure our users know how to spot a fake email and how to respond. Educating all of our email users is the key. We've even sent faux phishing messages as an educational opportunity for...
Interest in watching Team USA is high. As advertisers vie for your eyeballs with the American flag and the world-famous Olympic rings, it is easy to trust the message. However, just as you should be vigilant about counterfeit merchandise and ticket scams, you should also be aware of your email...
Like many large organizations, Ohio State email accounts continue to be targets of an increasing number of email phishing attacks. We block many of these attacks before they can reach you, but cybercriminals are constantly devising ways to elude our defense systems. Users like you assist us in...
