Category: Warnings
This is a warning about a potential issue or threat
“2020 Anti Virus Protection” Emails are Fake
One of the first things you will notice about these fake “anti virus” protection emails is the odd font in the subject line. A small font, sized at half the height of normal fonts, it looks…odd. This is red flag…
UPDATE: A new version of this fraud was sent from a compromised Berry account recently. The subject of the email was “P.A Job Offer”. It was offering $500 a week to be a personal assistant. As mentioned below, do not…
Many of you have received (and some have reported – thanks!) two fairly new phishing emails to appear in our inboxes. The first one is a (sometimes incorrectly) targeted voice mail notification. It appears to come from a Berry address…
An email has been sent to campus inboxes about a COVID-19 “Work Online From Home Job” paying $500 a week. This email is fraudulent. Do NOT reply to the email with your information. The email did not have a warning…
UPDATED (4/28/2020): A new variation on this phishing theme in these days of remote meetings is an email that invites you to a Zoom meeting with HR to discuss a matter important to your employment (first quarter review, personnel issue, contract…
Since so many people are now working from home, there have been persistent attempts to phish credentials from user of Skype (and other services, like Slack, Zoom, WebEx, or even just email) across the Internet. Since Berry uses Microsoft Office365,…
COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus Information Security Precautions
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