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...
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.
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...