Re: "<insert your EDU here> Collaborative Networks"...?

[John Lupton <lupton () ISC UPENN EDU>]

Thanks, Bob...I think.  <g>

Actually, we did find a "roster" on the site:

http://www.weavespace.com/domainsecondview.jsp?userid=CollaborativeNetworks/
Public/College


On 4/12/12 12:29 PM, "Bob Bayn" <bob.bayn () USU EDU> wrote:

> They must be still focused on the Big Guys and haven't hit USU yet.  ;-)
>
> Bob Bayn          (435)797-2396            IT Security Team
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> We're receiving reports from across campus today about a spam/phishing-like
> email inviting the recipient to sign up for "UPENN Collaborative Networks"
> at the provided URL. The accompanying text suggests it's a Facebook/LinkedIn
> wannabe, the (alleged) sender is one "Brett Ashlock
> (bashlock () weavemail com)". I tried plugging other peer institution names
> into the URL in place of UPENN and got a raft of 404 messages.
>
> Anyone else seeing this, or are we just the lucky lottery winners this time
> around?
>
> They do not appear to be related to Collaborative Networks
> (www.collaborativenetworks.net), a Boston-based firm. The URL in the message
> is part of www.weavespace.com, and that site is remarkably free of
> informative as to who, what and where these people are, and Mr. Ashlock does
> not seem to light up any Google searches, nor does he appear in any of our
> Penn databases.
>
> I'd love to know if any of you are scratching your heads at this too.
>
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> John Lupton
> Sr. Information Security Specialist/Copyright Agent
> University of Pennsylvania/ISC
> lupton () isc upenn edu      (215) 573-3811

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John Lupton
Sr. Information Security Specialist/Copyright Agent
University of Pennsylvania/ISC
lupton () isc upenn edu      (215) 573-3811