Phishing is a form of fraud in which a malicious attacker attempts to harvest sensitive information from a victim by impersonating a legitimate person, department or organization. Attackers will attempt to gain private data such as account credentials, bank account numbers, personally identifiable information (such as Social Security numbers), or any other information that could prove to be valuable to the attacker.
Phishing campaigns often have different goals, such as:
You can typically identify phishing campaigns simply by analyzing the content of the email:
Using just a few best practices, you can be sure to not fall victim to a phishing campaign:
If you suspect that an email you received is a phishing campaign, you may forward it to the Information Security department at spam@ung.edu for analysis and advice for any further action on your part. In order to ensure that the Information Security department receives the full details from the email message, please forward the email as an attachment by using the following procedures:
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