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January 18, 2022 /
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On January 18th and 19th, 2022, an email purporting to come from HR and containing important information was sent out to the DePaul community from... read more
January 4, 2022 /
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On January 4th, 2022, a phishing email was spammed out from a compromised DePaul University email account. The malicious email purports that the recipient must click on a link to update their... read more
January 4, 2022 /
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On January 4th, 2021, another round of job scam emails were sent out from a compromised community member email address. These are the same job scams that the Information Security Team... read more
December 2, 2021 /
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On December 2nd, 2021, a new variant of the piano giveaway scam was spammed out by compromised community member email accounts.
The malicious email encourages recipients to text... read more
November 18, 2021 /
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On November 18th, 2021, there was a job scam email that was sent out from a compromised University email address. This... read more
November 18, 2021 /
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On November 18th, 2021, a phishing email was spammed out from a compromised DePaul University email account.
The... read more
November 5, 2021 /
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On November 5th, 2021, covid-themed phishing emails were sent to some DePaul Univeristy inboxes from non-DePaul email account(s). A majority of these emails were... read more
October 26, 2021 /
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On October 26th, 2021, a password expiration themed phishing email was sent out from external non-DePaul email account(s).The malicious email claims that the... read more
October 15, 2021 /
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On October 15th, 2021, another round of job scam emails were sent out from compromised DePaul community member email address(es).The malicious email encourages... read more
October 13, 2021 /
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In mid-October, 2021, compromised DePaul community member accounts sent out fraudulent scam messages pertaining to pandemic relief funds.The malicious email... read more
October 11, 2021 /
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Screenshot of part of one variant of the malicious email:In mid-October, 2021, the Information Security Team noticed a slight resurgence of so-called "sextortion" scams. This type of... read more
![[Security Announcement] New URL Protections in Email - 10/07/21](/information-services/security/news-updates/PublishingImages/security-icons-17.fw.png "[Security Announcement] New URL Protections in Email - 10/07/21")
October 7, 2021 /
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[SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT]On Wednesday, October 13th, 2021, Information Services will be rolling out an update to DePaul email (BlueM@il) accounts.This update will re-write links in email messages to new... read more
September 29, 2021 /
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On September 29th, 2021, a financial message/covid-relief themed phishing email was sent out from compromised DePaul University email accounts. The... read more
September 29, 2021 /
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On September 29th, 2021, an email migration-themed phishing email was spammed out from compromised DePaul University email accounts. The malicious email claims... read more
September 29, 2021 /
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On September 29th, 2021, a new variant of the piano giveaway scam was spammed out by compromised community member email accounts.The malicious email encourages... read more
September 29, 2021 /
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On September 29th, 2021, an external (gmail) address was used to target DePaul inboxes with phishing materials.The malicious email claims that the recipient needs to... read more
September 24, 2021 /
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On September 24th, 2021, phishing originating from external accounts was sent to a variety of DePaul staff members. This phishing variant has been seen occasionally... read more
September 23, 2021 /
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On September 23rd, 2021, compromised community member email account(s) were utilized to spam Covid-19 relief allowance/grant scam materials.The malicious email... read more
September 22, 2021 /
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On September 22nd, 2021, compromised community member email addresses were utilized in spamming out another round of the piano giveaway scam (see 07/26/21... read more
September 22, 2021 /
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During the month of September, DePaul University staff and faculty were once more targeted by scammers impersonating their colleagues. This is a very common scam,... read more
September 21, 2021 /
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On September 21st, 2021, another round of job scam emails were sent out from compromised community member email addresses. These are the same job scams that... read more
September 20, 2021 /
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On September 20th, 2021, a phishing email was spammed out from compromised DePaul University email account(s). The malicious email purports that the... read more
September 14, 2021 /
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On September 14th, 2021, a malicious email purporting to be a Pell grant application notification was sent out. Upon further investigation by the security team,... read more
September 14, 2021 /
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On September 14th, 2021, another round of job scam emails were sent out from compromised community member email addresses. These are the same job scams... read more
September 10, 2021 /
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On September 10th, 2021, there was another round of job scam emails that were sent out from compromised University email addresses. These are the same job... read more
September 10, 2021 /
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[COPY OF NOTIFICATION EMAIL]Greetings, As the quarter begins and learning kicks off, we are hoping to provide you with some information regarding recent scams, to help keep you safe. Below are some... read more
September 9, 2021 /
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On September 9th, 2021, a phishing email was spammed out from compromised DePaul University email account(s). The malicious email impersonates the department... read more
September 9, 2021 /
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On September 9th, 2021, there was another round of job scam emails that were sent out from compromised University email addresses. There are a few variants in this... read more
September 8, 2021 /
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In early September, 2021, another variant of the recent job scam emails were sent out from compromised University email addresses. These are the same job scams... read more
September 2, 2021 /
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On September 2nd, 2021, there was another round of job scam emails that were sent out from compromised University email address(es). These are the same job scams... read more
August 31, 2021 /
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On August 31st, 2021, a phishing email was spammed out from compromised DePaul University email account(s). The malicious email impersonates DePaul... read more
August 28, 2021 /
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In late August, 2021, another round of job scam emails were sent out from compromised University email addresses. These are the same job scams that the... read more
August 27, 2021 /
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Screenshot of another variant of the malicious email:
In late August, 2021, there was another round of... read more
August 25, 2021 /
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In late August, 2021, a credential harvesting campaign was seen at DePaul, sent out from compromised University email addresses.The malicious email... read more
July 28, 2021 /
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Screenshot of malicious email:On July 28th, 2021, there was another round of the common voicemail scams that have previously targeted DePaul University.The malicious email purports to be a... read more
July 26, 2021 /
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Screenshot of malicious email: On July 26th, 2021, the piano giveaway scam that has recently been targeting the DePaul University community saw another resurgence.The scam campaign was... read more
July 26, 2021 /
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Screenshot of malicious email:On July 26th, 2021, a common form of scam in which malicious actors attempt to impersonate accounts payable was seen at DePaul.The scam campaign was sent through a... read more
July 20, 2021 /
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Screenshot of malicious email:On July 20th, 2021, another round of job scam emails were sent out from compromised University email addresses. These are the same job scams that the Information... read more
May 1, 2021 /
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[May 2021] HHS OCR WarningThe HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued an alert on postcards being sent to some health care organizations disguised as official OCR communications. The... read more
April 20, 2021 /
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Greetings,This email is to alert you to a resurgence of the hiring scams that have been targeting the DePaul University community in recent history.As previously, the scam emails are sent from... read more