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    • “Good morning…” – Phishing Scam – Feb 5, 2019

    February 5th, 2019

    by Aleksandra Stosovic

    Below is the most recent phishing email and website we have seen.  Similar to past emails, this scam attempts to trick users into entering personal account information (e.g. username/password). Users should not click any links in this email and should delete it right away. As a reminder, Loyola will never ask for your password or […]

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    OUCH! September Edition – BEC/CEO Fraud

    OUCH! September Edition – BEC/CEO Fraud

    February 6th, 2019

    by Aleksandra Stosovic

      Folks, We are excited to announce February’s edition of the OUCH! newsletter – “Personalized Scams”. This is a really important one as cyber criminals have changed tactics. Led by Guest Editor and SANS Instructor Lenny Zeltser, we show you how bad guys are now personalizing even the most common scams. Cyber criminals can easily […]

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    ” Hello” – Phishing Scam – April 1, 2019

    April 1st, 2019

    by Aleksandra Stosovic

    Below is the most recent phishing email and website we have seen.  Similar to past emails, this scam attempts to trick users into entering personal account information (e.g. username/password). Users should not click any links in this email and should delete it right away. As a reminder, Loyola will never ask for your password or […]

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    Another Paid Position Phishing Scam

    September 23rd, 2021

    by Jim Pardonek

    We are again seeing one of the more common ones that attempts to get you to email your banking information to the scammer in exchange for a non-existent job.  The way these work is that they “hire” you and ask for your routing and account number so that you can get “paid”.  The scammer then […]

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    Phishing Scam – Fake Job Information

    February 10th, 2022

    by Christopher Campbell

    Below is the most recent phishing email we have seen. Similar to past emails, this scam attempts to trick users into disclosing personal information. This email (and anything similar) should be deleted right away. If you have any questions about this or any email, please call or email the ITS Service Desk at 773-508-4487 or […]

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    Latest Job Scam Offer “Student and Staffs Employment”

    Latest Job Scam Offer “Student and Staffs Employment”

    March 1st, 2022

    by Jim Pardonek

    Here is the latest job offer scam.  The email has the subject line of “Student and Staffs Employment”  Notice that they attempt to use an incorrect plural of staff. The email appears to come from an active compromised LUC email account which is unrelated to the actual fake “Job”.  Compromised accounts usually have a weak […]

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    2022 May UISO Newsletter

    2022 May UISO Newsletter

    May 13th, 2022

    by Aleksandra Stosovic

    Please see the link below for the 2022 May UISO Newsletter. 2022 May UISO Newsletter Preview of the Newsletter:

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    Apple discloses security vulnerabilities in iPhones, iPads, Macs allowing ‘full admin access’ to devices

    August 19th, 2022

    by Jim Pardonek

     Apple released an emergency security update Thursday, disclosing that there were vulnerabilities for certain iPhone, iPad and Mac products. These vulnerabilities were disclosed in a software update, which the company said should safeguard the products. The first issue involved the potential for an application to execute arbitrary code with “kernel privileges,” which refers to a […]

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    Urgent Warning Phish

    August 22nd, 2022

    by Jim Pardonek

    The latest phishing email looks to be coming from an LUC email address that appears to be compromised.  Notice the misspelling of the work administrator and the poor grammar in the second sentence.  These phishing emails tend to occur more frequently at the beginning of a semester and are more likely to target new students […]

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    Latest Phish Scamming Students for Money

    August 24th, 2022

    by Jim Pardonek

    Seems that at the start of every semester, some scammer tries to use the lure of easy money to get a student to supply their banking information, supposedly for pay, only to find their bank account looted for sometimes several thousand dollars.  Students usually start the semester with a considerable amount of cash in their […]

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