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Re: Fake Xerox Message | 07-17-2013
From: Bob Bayn <bob.bayn () USU EDU>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 15:10:00 +0000
Yup, we got about a hundred (all blocked) mixed in with seven real scans from Xerox machines. Fortunately, most of our real Xerox scanners have been locally customized to include the sending office name, a real sender address, a real machine location (included in the body) and a customized message body that includes contact information for the office that owns the scanner. So, our recipients tend to be a little more skeptical of the default message format. Bob Bayn SER 301 (435)797-2396 IT Security Team Office of Information Technology, Utah State University three common hazardous email scams to watch out for: 1) unfamiliar transaction report from familiar business 2) attachment with no explanation in message body 3) "phishing" for your email password ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] on behalf of Thorpe, Glenn [Glenn.Thorpe () UNTSYSTEM EDU] Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 8:53 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [SECURITY] Fake Xerox Message | 07-17-2013 Anyone else get hit by this attack this morning? We got it pretty good… http://techhelplist.com/index.php/spam-list/97-scanned-image-from-a-xerox-workcentre At the time we started seeing it it wasn't being detected, but now the AV's are catching up. Glenn Thorpe III Asst. Director, Information Security University of North Texas System T: 940.369.8884 E: glenn.thorpe () untsystem edu<mailto:glenn.thorpe () untsystem edu> [cid:5F085E3B-7497-4EB2-89EC-3E29AA2041AB]
Current thread:
- Fake Xerox Message | 07-17-2013 Thorpe, Glenn (Jul 17)
- Re: Fake Xerox Message | 07-17-2013 Isabelle Graham (Jul 17)
- Re: Fake Xerox Message | 07-17-2013 Bob Bayn (Jul 17)
- Re: Fake Xerox Message | 07-17-2013 Robert Meyers (Jul 17)
- Re: Fake Xerox Message | 07-17-2013 Bob Bayn (Jul 17)
- Re: Fake Xerox Message | 07-17-2013 Justin Bennett (Jul 17)
- Re: Fake Xerox Message | 07-17-2013 Bob Bayn (Jul 17)