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Job Phishing Alert: Offer of Employment!

Do Not Deposit Strange Checks (Or Pictures Of Strange Checks

 Recently, the Division of Information Technology(DoIT) received multiple reports of job phishing emails from a Gmail account. The phishers are pretending to offer an Administrative Assistant job....

Posted: July 18, 2022, 2:35 PM

Job Phishing Alert: Department of Computer Science

It's Still Happening - Please Share This Article!

Recently, the Division of Information Technology(DoIT) received multiple reports of job phishing emails. The scammers sending these emails are impersonating Professor Alan Sherman in the Computer...

Posted: July 18, 2022, 2:30 PM

Job Phishing Alert: Administrative Assistant

Fake Email AND A Fake Website

Recently, the UMBC Division of Information Technology(DoIT) received multiple reports of job phishing emails from a compromised UMBC account. The phishers are pretending to offer an Administrative...

Posted: July 13, 2022, 11:36 AM

Job Scam of the Day: Department of Computer Science

Prof. Sherman Is NOT Offering You A Job! Really!

Recently, the Division of Information Technology(DoIT) received multiple reports of job phishing emails. The scammers sending these emails are impersonating Professor Alan Sherman in the Computer...

Posted: July 6, 2022, 4:20 PM

Job Phishing Alert: Department of Computer Science

Recently, the Division of Information Technology(DoIT) received multiple reports of job phishing emails. The scammers sending these emails are impersonating Professor Alan Sherman in the Computer...

Posted: July 1, 2022, 4:49 PM

What to do if your account has been hacked?

Don't Panic!

Imagine this scenario: recently, your UMBC account was breached. You are unsure how your account was used during the breach or how to secure your account. Below are steps to help you regain...

Posted: June 22, 2022, 5:55 PM

Phishing Alert: AUTHENTICATION NOTICE!!!

Another Message We DIDN't Send You!+

Recently the Division of Information Technology (DoIT), detected a new phishing campaign targeting the UMBC community. The perpetrators are alerting recipients that their accounts have been...

Posted: June 22, 2022, 5:43 PM

Job Phishing Alert: Department of Computer Science

More Fake Jobs

  Recently, the Division of Information Technology(DoIT) received multiple reports of job phishing emails. The scammers sending these emails are impersonating Professor Alan Sherman in the...

Posted: June 21, 2022, 12:09 PM

Account data breach: Avvo

Heads-up For Avvo Account Holders

In approximately December 2019, an alleged data breach of the lawyer directory service Avvo was published to an online hacking forum and used in an extortion scam (it's possible the exposure dates...

Posted: May 18, 2022, 12:44 PM

Phishing Alert: 2022 Employee Benefits Program

Phishing Targeted At CNMS

Today, UMBC’s Division of Information Technology, DoIT, received a notification of a phishing campaign targeting the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS). The actors claim to...

Posted: May 17, 2022, 2:44 PM