Phishing, Security

Campus Spearfishing Attack

Over the past two weeks Chico State has been specifically targeted by people who have analyzed our org chart and are crafting email attacks based on that data by creating bogus @gmail accounts and then emailing spearphishing attacks “from” a manager to their staff.

spearphishing example

If you reply to these emails they will ask you to purchase gift cards.

I will be having a busy day and I want to surprise some of the staffs with gift card. The type of card I need is steam wallet gift cards $100 denomination, I need $100 X 7 cards so that will be $700 i will be reimbursing back to you. You will purchase the cards from a nearby store to you, when you get the cards, Scratch out the back to reveal the card codes, take pictures of each cards and send it to me here. How soon

can you get that done? Its Urgent and I want you to keep the physical card safe with you cos I will get them from you later.

Once the scammer has the card codes they can take the money from the cards, even without physical access to the cards.

More information about phishing is available at https://www.csuchico.edu/isec/resources/avoid-threats/spam-phishing.shtml

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