Author: Dan Boyd

Director of Information Security with the Office of Information Technology at Berry College

Notice to faculty and staff to complete training from Haven is legitimate

Emails sent from the college’s Title IX training service about completing “Part 2 of Haven for Faculty & Staff” is a legitimate email. Title IX training is required for faculty and staff and the first part of this training was…

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College Central Network Account Activation from the Berry College Career Center is legitimate

The Berry Career Center provides access to the College Central Network to students to facilitate the hunt for part time and full time jobs and internships. If you have received an invitation to activate your account, please hover over the…

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Scholarship Questionnaire from Financial Aid is Legitimate

Every year Financial Aid sends out scholarship questionnaires to scholarship recipients to get their story about how the scholarship has affected their college experience. They share these stories with donors to encourage them to continue contributing to Berry scholarships. The…

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Fake invitations to join the editorial board of a non-existent publication

Attention faculty! A new phishing email is making the rounds that mentions the title of an actual article or paper you have written. After complimenting you, the email invites you to join the editorial board of a non-existent publication. It…

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Job “opportunities” from Kimble Group

Emails purporting to inform the recipient of available jobs related to their field or interests from a company called “Kimble Group” appear to be suspect. The emails are generally poorly worded, include incorrect grammar, incorrect personal information (wrong names), and…

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Fake “undelivered email” notification

A common phishing email that is seen here at Berry and elsewhere is a notification that the recipient has a random number of undelivered emails, usually since a certain date. Sometimes the emails are described as unique in some way,…

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Fake email from the college president

A phishing email that appeared to come from President Briggs was widely circulated earlier this week. OIT responded to the issue as quickly as possible, but if you opened this email and clicked on the attachment, please contact the Technical…

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