{"id":42678,"date":"2019-02-04T15:03:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T20:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=42678"},"modified":"2019-02-04T15:03:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T20:03:39","slug":"tech-tips-alert-spearphishing-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=42678","title":{"rendered":"Tech Tips: Alert! Spearphishing in Progress&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have recently been the recipients of a number of Spearphishing Email attacks. \u00a0We know everyone has been through the KnowBe4 training, and we appreciate everyone\u2019s awareness of this recent attack. We wanted to send out an email with a couple of hints to keep you safe during this and future attacks. <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the recent emails have had a Director (like Jerry Achenbach or Alex Bloye) ask you \u201cAre you Available\u201d or \u201cwould you purchase (Amazon or iTunes or other) Gift Cards&#8230;\u201d \u00a0These are Spearphishing emails, which can be sent to Spam or Phishing, trying to get you to react and click so they can start to gather your information and money. Please do not fall for this!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google is smart, sometimes&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jerry-e1549310019782.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42679 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jerry-e1549310019782-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jerry-e1549310019782-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jerry-e1549310019782.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Many of you have received these Spearphishing emails and, if Google is doing its job, it put a banner at the top of your email warning \u201cbe careful with this message\u201d. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google wants you to make sure this is a safe email. \u00a0If you ever see this banner, ask yourself if the email you are viewing is real or if this is possibly phishing. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have any doubt, do not click, just call the person or send them a separate email asking if this was them. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or, if you recognize it as phishing, you can Report Phishing right on the yellow banner. This is an example of what the Google warning banner looks like (see right).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. In addition, please visit the <\/span><b>Internet Safety Links<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>NMC Technology Help Desk Knowledgebase under MyNMC <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for a curated list of links to review about\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identifying\/Avoiding Suspicious Emails and Gift Card scams. Also, included in the Knowledgebase page is the KnowBe4 Red Flag document. Print out the KnowBe4 Document and keep it close to your desktop, so you can use it to determine if an email is valid or not. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks for being consistent in using the techniques you have learned to keep NMC safe. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have recently been the recipients of a number of Spearphishing Email attacks. \u00a0We know everyone has been through the KnowBe4 training, and we appreciate everyone\u2019s awareness of this recent attack. We wanted to send out an email with a couple of hints to keep you safe during this and future attacks. 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