Re: Student phishing, "internship" opportunities, etc.

[Andrea Tanner <andrea.tanner () MORGAN EDU>]

I read the latest McAfee Labs Threat report for June 2018 and thought about
your question as I was reading.  The report says that ransomware is
trending downwards. Cypto coin mining malware is on the rise by 629% from
the first quarter to the second--which really jumped out at me.  It made me
wonder if they are targeting your students (and other U students) because
of perceived untapped bandwidth in the res halls.  I guess the answer lies
in the malware that is on the other end of these phish attempts.  :)

Either way, the statistic about Cypto coin mining malware's dramatic
increase was pretty eye-opening to me.

Cheers,

Andrea

Andrea Tanner, M.S.
Assistant Director of Client Services
Morgan State University
andrea.tanner () morgan edu
(443) 885-4445


On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:56 PM, Banks, Teresa E - (tbanks) <
tbanks () email arizona edu> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
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> Our students have been getting pummeled with emails offering them
> “internship opportunities” or “jobs” that appear to be sent from a faculty
> member, but turn out to be fraudulent (see sample at
> https://security.arizona.edu/phishing-alert/72618-internship-opportunity).
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> Are other universities experiencing this?  If so, what is the approach
> (beyond posting the phish as an alert) to help students understand that
> they are targets for fraud?
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> We want to take a strategic approach to helping our students, and thought
> we would see if the community had any good advice.
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> Thanks in advance,
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> *Teresa E. Banks*
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> Manager, Information Security
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> Information Security Office
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> The University of Arizona
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> Office:  520.621.8476
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> Cell:  520.909.6057
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> Email:  tbanks () email arizona edu
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> security.arizona.edu
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