We would just like to thank everyone for coming out and participating in the ITD phishing Q&A.  We had a really good turn out and we hope to draw that crowd again for our next one.

We will post the slideshow from the presentation in the next day or so.

Keep checking back here for updates and announcements on future Q&A sessions.

A user’s account may be locked if it has been compromised.

If you have given out your username and password to an unknown party, it can be used for email spamming.  Email spamming from the university could lead to us being blacklisted on spamblock-servers.  This, in turn, means that legitimate email from the university to sites that have us blacklisted won’t go through.  This can be anyone from Yahoo to Comcast to other universities.

Please remember, no one should be asking for your username and password via email.

Below is an example of a recent phishing attempt.  The email did not come from a UTC email account and the address that they are wanting you to send your username and password information to is not a UTC email account.  But neither of these facts are as important as remembering that the UTC IT Helpdesk will never ask you for username and password information via email.

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From: Bill Sanders <Bill.Sanders@sas.com>
Date: May 20, 2009 8:00:17 AM EDT
Subject: Your ailbox has been de-activated

This is to inform you that your Mailbox has been de-activated by your System Administrator due to an unusual activity detected in your mailbox. Hence, you may not be able to receive new mail until your mailbox is re-activated. You are to contact your System Administrator with your Login Details which includes your mailbox User name and Password for them to re-activate your mailbox.

System Administrator
E-mail: re-activate-account-department@administrativos.com<mailto:re-activate-account-department@administrativos.com>

If your mailbox remains de-activated for an extended period of time, it may result in further limitations or eventual closure of your mailbox.

The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained herein by any other person is not authorized.