Security Alert! New Phishing Scam Targets UMass Amherst Community - Weds., 4/18April 19, 2018On April 18, 2018, a new fraudulent phishing message with the subject "You have a Faculty E-Learning message notification file" began targeting UMass Amherst email users. The email appears to have been sent by "Eric Oberndorf," notifies the recipient "You have a Faculty E-Learning message notification file," and contains web links to "SIGN IN HERE." The links in the message direct the recipient to a fraudulent version of a UMass login page. |
Security Alert! New Phishing Scam Targets UMass Amherst Community - Weds., 4/18April 18, 2018On April 18, 2018, a new fraudulent phishing message with the subject "Ticket Number:5028747" began targeting UMass Amherst email users. The email appears to have been sent by "Fuhrman, Jacques P," notifies the recipient "I Have marked your Request as closed," and contains web links to "Your incident." The links in the message direct the recipient to a fraudulent version of a UMass login page. |
Update: Authentication Issues Resolved, Fri., 3/30March 30, 2018Update 3/30/18 6:30pm: UMass Amherst Information Technology believes that the issues affecting authentication systems have now been resolved, and that access to affected UMass services has been restored. Thank you for your patience. If you continue to experience problems accessing UMass services via wireless networks, please contact IT User Services at 413-545-TECH (8324) or it@umass.edu. Originally published 3/30/18 5:15pm: |
Security Alert! New Phishing Scam Targets UMass Amherst Community - Tues., 3/27March 27, 2018On March 27, 2018, a new fraudulent phishing message with the subject "You have a Faculty message from your Department" began targeting UMass Amherst email users. The email appears to have been sent by "Umass Mail," notifies the recipient "You have a Faculty E-Learning message notification file from your Department," and contains web links to "SIGN IN HERE." The links in the message direct the recipient to a fraudulent version of a UMass login page. |
Security Alert! New Phishing Scam Targets UMass Amherst Community - Mon., 3/26March 26, 2018On March 26, 2018, a new fraudulent phishing message with the subject "Re: Your Application" began targeting UMass Amherst email users. The email appears to have been sent by "University of Massachusetts," claims to be sent by a doctor from the department of Disability Resources and Educational Services with a job offer, and contains web links to "Apply for this Job." The links in the message direct the recipient to a fraudulent version of a UMass web page asking for contact information. |