Don't click unexpected links in email messages.
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Q:Ìý What is PHISHING?
A:Ìý This is the act of using email as a bait-&-trap method for hackers to easily gain your account and password information.Ìý Once these perpetrators have your login information, they may:
1)Ìýgain Personally Identifiable Information (PII) about you or others that they can find in your account – thereby using this in Identity Theft abuses,
2)Ìýuse your account as a new point of sending mass amounts of Phishing/SPAM to other unsuspecting victims,
3)Ìýuse your credentials to access other campus systems, attack otherÌýsystems, steal confidential University data, and jeopardize the missionÌýof the campus.
The goal of most Phishing emails is to trick you into visiting a web site in order to steal your Â̲èÖ±²¥ credentials. Attackers will setup web sites under their control that look and feel like legitimate web sites. Often the Phishing emails will have an immediate call to action that demand you to "update your account information" or "login to confirm ownership of your account". If you enter your Â̲èÖ±²¥ credentials into these illegitimate web sites you are actually sending your Â̲èÖ±²¥ username and password directly to the attackers.
THE BAIT:ÌýYou receive an unexpected email that claims to be from the "Help Desk" or someone
you know.
THE TRAP:ÌýIt says it's urgent. You must click a link to prevent problems with your account.
YOUR DEFENSE:ÌýBe skeptical of any email that you aren't expecting. Â̲èÖ±²¥ and organizations that care about the protection of your information should never ask you to send bank account numbers, Social Security Numbers, driver's license numbers, health information, or health insurance information via email or related web links. Decline requests to send this information in email. Password thieves may insist that immediate action is necessary and may pretend to be your friend or some other trusted entity. Don't let these tactics trick you into letting down your guard. It is very likely a scam.
REMEMBER: Only You can Protect your Warhawks Password!Ìý Don't be intimidated by these scams.Ìý Anytime you are not sure, call before you click!Ìý Contact your Â̲èÖ±²¥ Information Technology CallCenter:Ìý 318-342-3333.
The policy of Â̲èÖ±²¥ÌýInformation Technology is as follows:
“You will never receive an email from the Â̲èÖ±²¥ staff (which includes, but not limited to, Information Technology, HR, the president's office, etc...) that requests your password or other confidential information via email.Ìý This includes any and all emails that ask for your email login credentials, Banner or Moodle passwords, etc...Ìý If you receive any emails stating you need to immediately change your password, either by sending the information electronically, or visiting another website, it is false and not to be trusted.Ìý Even if that email is from someone at Â̲èÖ±²¥, it is not a valid email and should not be taken seriously."
"In the future, if you receive emails of this nature, please report it to the help desk @ 318-342-3333."Ìý
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Please reportÌýall SPAM / Phishing emails toÌýspam@ulm.edu
For information about SPAM & Email related topics, see Email & SPAM.
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Office of
Information Technology
University Library
Room 302, Â̲èÖ±²¥
Monroe, LA 71209
Business Hours
Monday-Thursday
7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Friday
7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Main Office
PH (318) 342-5015
FX (318) 342-5018
HelpDesk
(318) 342-3333
on-campus ext. 3333