Penn State University announced on Monday that their school email systems have been hit with a phising scam. It sounds like the typical phising scam asking the user to update their information but the links in the email message take them to a false web site where the scammers ask for various types of personal data. This particular scam asked for anything from passwords to social security numbers and credit card numbers.
The reoccurences of this type of scam underscores the need to exercise caution when dealing with email. As a rule of thumb, you should never give out personal information in response to an email message. It also highlights the value of an email security system to filter phising attacks with these types of messages from getting to your users in the first place. If you need to protect your business or organization from these types of email threats, feel free to check us out.
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