Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [SECURITY] covid19 phishing scams

[Angel Howard <alhoward () GEORGIASOUTHERN EDU>]

We have seen an uptick in phishing attempts as well.  Nothing super fancy,
just the regular stuff.  In terms of phishing campaigns, we are educating
our leadership and sending the message down stream.  For an actual phishing
strategy using corona as a target....not sure how much buy in we would get
and if would do more harm than good as it relates to trust from our users
with IT and Security.

Would be interesting to see if anyone else is using this as leverage.

-Angel

On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 11:31 AM Dennis Bolton <bolton () oakland edu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've not seen an uptick either, which surprises me.  We are a Google shop
> so I'm wondering if they are being more aggressive on proactively stopping
> it?
>
> I was curious has anything thought about doing a phishing campaign on this
> topic for their users?
>
> Dennis B
> Information Security Officer
> Oakland University
>
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 11:26 AM Jim A. Bole <jbole () stevenson edu> wrote:
>
> > I haven't seen many covid19 phishing attempts in my environment. I was
> > expecting more, including some sophisticated one. Scammers are typically
> > pretty good about leveraging major events.
> >
> > Anyone seeing any "good" phishing attacks that might be worth educating
> > users?
> >
> > Other than concerns around expanding remote access, I think phishing
> > awareness is another big area for infosec to focus on during this big
> > external event.
> >
> > Jim Bole
> > Director of Information Security
> > Stevenson University
> > 1525 Greenspring Valley Road
> > Stevenson, MD, 21153-0641
> > jbole () stevenson edu | O: 443-334-2696
> >
> >
> >
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*Angel Howard*
Chief Information Security Officer

*Information Technology Services*
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