Wonderful as the internet is, there are an increasing number of bad people who areĀ trying to steal information from or about us. They're getting ever more ingenious and some staff and students have been caught by their devious trickery. We recently invited Kieren Lovell … [Read more...]
Hoax emails early January 2015
One which isn't as convincing as some, but fairly pervasive. This variant blocked by our filters since Wednesday afternoon. Subject: NUCSOFT-Payroll (followed by a date) From: eliza_fernandes@nucsoft.co.in Content: Word document Another one, harder to block - if … [Read more...]
Hoax email of the day
Several copies of the following reasonably convincing looking hoax seen today Subject: Card Receipt From: tracey.smith@aquaid.co.uk Content: Word document Please just delete, and if you have already opened the attachment let postmaster-query@eng.cam.ac.uk … [Read more...]