Re: InfoSec Alert from University of Cincinnati

[Greg Vickers <g.vickers () QUT EDU AU>]

Hi Kevin,

Mclaughlin, Kevin (mclaugkl) wrote:
> Hi Everyone:
>
> Just some information I thought you might be interested in.
>
> We were hit by a Spear Phishing attack on Friday.  This attack proved to

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>         immediately and enter your password here (*********)

I've seen the same attack on my personal Optusnet (Australian ISP)
account, at least they used the same template!

I forwarded it onto technical support and was told "... we are aware of it."

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Greg Vickers
IT Security Engineer & Project Manager
IT Security, Network Services,
Information Technology Services
Queensland University of Technology
L12, 126 Margaret St, Brisbane
Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3138 6902
Mobile: 0410 434 734
Fax: +61 7 3138 2921
Email: g.vickers () qut edu au
IT Security web site: http://www.its.qut.edu.au/itsecurity/

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