Could you spot a phishing email if you received one?
25 Jul 2024
The widely reported IT outage last Friday caused significant global disruption.
Following such incidents there is often an increase in phishing attempts, which might reference the outage and use this as a reason to encourage you to click links or open malicious attachments, so please be vigilant.
To help you stay safe online, we strongly encourage you to take a few minutes and complete our phishing awareness training. The online course involves watching a short video, reading the training tips and taking part in a short quiz and test of your knowledge.
The course is available via the IT Services website, alongside useful information about email phishing.
As a University we will continue our efforts to help you stay safe online and defend against phishing – this may include additional training and simulated phishing exercises.
What is a phishing email?
Phishing messages are emails that try to trick you into giving out personal information or visiting fake websites. Email fraudsters use increasingly sophisticated measures to try and scam people – posing as trusted contacts and asking you to check IT account details are just some of the ways this can happen.
Remember - JDLR. If it Just Doesn't Look Right, report it to IT Services by following the process detailed on the email phishing web page.