{"id":74739,"date":"2021-10-19T12:20:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T16:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=74739"},"modified":"2021-10-19T12:20:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T16:20:56","slug":"brock-community-reminded-to-remain-vigilant-to-avoid-phishing-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2021\/10\/brock-community-reminded-to-remain-vigilant-to-avoid-phishing-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock community reminded to remain vigilant to avoid phishing attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A legitimate looking email asking the recipient to click on a link can sometimes be hiding malicious intent. Though it can be tempting to trust all emails without scrutiny, cybercriminals prey on that trusting nature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny email, whether it seems to be from the University President, a supervisor, Information Technology Services, Human Resources or other units within the University, can be a potential phishing attack,\u201d said Brock Information Technology Services (ITS) Security and Infrastructure Specialist Daniel Garcia. \u201cCybercriminals have become much more advanced in crafting phishing emails that appear to be legitimate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here are some ways to protect against phishing attacks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be cautious any time a message asks the recipient to reveal personal information \u2014 no matter how legitimate that message may appear at first glance.<\/li>\n<li>Always double-check messages that suggest the recipient needs to act urgently.<\/li>\n<li>Verify the hyperlink behind a link\u2019s text or button by hovering over the text.<\/li>\n<li>Look for inconsistencies like pixelated logos, misspellings or incorrect grammar.<\/li>\n<li>Verify requests for information through other means, such as calling\/messaging the source or forwarding to <a href=\"mailto:itsecurity@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">itsecurity@brocku.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Remember, most legitimate organizations will never ask someone to reveal personal information through an email.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In an effort to increase awareness about phishing, Brock ITS has developed a new <a href=\"https:\/\/csa.brocku.ca\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cyber Security Awareness portal<\/a> where members of the Brock community can view real-time examples of the latest phishing emails they have received and also register for upcoming workshops to learn more about phishing.<\/p>\n<p>Questions about phishing or if an email recipient suspects they have received a phishing attack can be directed to Sean Meloney, IT Security Analyst, at <a href=\"mailto:smeloney@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">smeloney@brocku.ca<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:itsecurity@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">itsecurity@brocku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A legitimate looking email asking the recipient to click on a link can sometimes be hiding malicious intent. Though it can be tempting to trust all emails without scrutiny, cybercriminals prey on that trusting nature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[7822,7026,180,134],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74739"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74741,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74739\/revisions\/74741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}