Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [SECURITY] Admissions application bot activity

["Smith, Jason" <Jason_Smith () BSMCON EDU>]

Is the goal of these attacks a kind of 'denial-of-service' by overwhelming your admissions process?  Or are they hoping 
you'll actually accept one of these folks and then a real person will attend under the fake name?  Or...?


Jason E. Smith, MS PMP CPHIMS CSM
Director of IT, Bon Secours Memorial College
8550 Magellan Parkway #1100, Richmond, VA 23227
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Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 7:57 AM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [SECURITY] Admissions application bot activity

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Here is some information regarding fake applications that has been shared with us previously.  Not sure if it will help 
or not.  It was noticed fake applications were coming from these domains.

The 'bad' domains identified are:

*                     armyspy(dot)ga

*                     rhyta(dot)cf

*                     teleworm(dot)tk

*                     jourrapide(dot)gq

*                     dayrepa(dot)ml

Common conditions identified from the bad applications are:

*                     They're all allegedly new students, not matching with any existing Colleague records.

*                     They all list dates of birth in the year 1999, either 20 or 21 years old.

*                     They're all listed as male.

*                     They're all listed as residing in a state other than North Carolina.

*                     They're all listed as unemployed (not seeking).

*                     They all list personal enrichment as their educational goals.

*                     They all have the race and ethnicity left unlisted.

*                     Most tellingly, each of these fake applications lists a residency certification number (RCN) that 
either belongs to someone else entirely or isn't a real RCN, but it's always listed as a ten-digit number beginning 
with "1100" as if it was a real RCN.


Steven B. Saine
Director of Information Security, Construction Management, and Audit
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
1333 Jake Alexander Blvd.
Salisbury, NC 28146
Telephone:     (704) 216-3561
steven.saine () rccc edu<mailto:steven.saine () rccc edu>
helpdesk () rccc edu<mailto:helpdesk () rccc edu>

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EDUCAUSE EDU>> On Behalf Of Czarapata, Paul (KCTCS)
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2020 5:46 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU<mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>
Subject: [SECURITY] Admissions application bot activity

Dear colleagues,

Sorry for the cross-post, but we have a bit of a situation here at KCTCS.  We have been getting tens of thousands of 
fake admissions applications over the past 6 weeks.  We have re-captcha implemented and they are still getting through, 
but at such a pace there is no way a human can be doing it.  The network team is watching the IP addresses and 
blocking, but then they just pop up from somewhere else.  Our student team is working on a pin code process, but that's 
not ready yet.  We don't have an admissions application fee either, or that would likely stop them.  I was just curious 
if anyone else had seen this happening and if you have stopped it, what you did?

Thank you in advance - PC


______________________________________________________________________

Paul Czarapata, Ed.D.

Vice President/Chief Information Officer

Kentucky Community & Technical College System

300 North Main Street

Versailles, KY 40383

O: 859/256-3248



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