{"id":124,"date":"2013-12-02T11:31:13","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T17:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/?p=124"},"modified":"2024-04-16T21:46:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T21:46:13","slug":"holiday-phishing-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/holiday-phishing-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Phishing Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-126\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/files\/2013\/12\/Holiday_Phishing_Scams_Feature-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Holiday_Phishing_Scams_Feature-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Holiday_Phishing_Scams_Feature.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the holiday season approaches, it is important to be aware of\u00a0seasonal scams and cyber campaigns.<!--more--> These campaigns include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Electronic greeting cards that may contain malware<\/li>\n<li>Requests for charitable contribution that may be phishing scams<\/li>\n<li>Screensavers or other forms of media that may contain malware<\/li>\n<li>Credit card applications that may be phishing scams or identity theft attempts<\/li>\n<li>Online shopping advertisements that may be phishing scams or identity theft attempts<\/li>\n<li>Shipping notifications that may be phishing scams or may contain malware<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The UISO encourages you to remember these simple tips to protect yourself from phishing scams and malware:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not follow unsolicited web links in email messages<\/li>\n<li>Use caution when opening email attachments<\/li>\n<li>Keep antivirus software up-to-date<\/li>\n<li>If contributing to a charity, check the Federal Trade Commission&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/articles\/0074-giving-charity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charity Checklist<\/a> before contributing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As always, if you are seeking advice on the legitimacy of a link, email, or otherwise, contact the UISO at <a href=\"mailto:datasecurity@luc.edu\">datasecurity@luc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the holiday season approaches, it is important to be aware of\u00a0seasonal scams and cyber campaigns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[43,56,33,23],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page","category-public-service-announcement","tag-malware","tag-shopping","tag-holiday","tag-cyber-monday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2089,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/2089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}