WSU Vancouver Alerts

Vancouver IT New Phishing Attack
Posted: May 21 2013 at 3:17pm

IMPORTANT NEW PHISHING ATTACK

There is a brand new phishing attack via email that masquerades as an order/shipping message from Walmart – it is not! Walmart has posted a warning about this at: http://help.walmart.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/262/session/L3RpbWUvMTM2ODcyMjAwNC9zaWQvN1NSbGJscWw%3D

Do Not click on links or images anywhere in this email – those links go to somewhere in Russia. You can see this if you hover (not clicking) your mouse over any of the links or images.

If you receive this, immediately delete it.

Here's what to do

If you do not reply to the email or click on any links, then you are fine; there's nothing more you need to do. If you did click on the link, but didn't enter any personal information, (such as your Network ID or password), then the phishers will not have your account information, and there's nothing more you need to do. Just delete the email.

However, if you responded to the phishing email and entered your Access ID or Network ID and password or any other personal information, the phishers will have collected that information. The IS Security Office recommends that you immediately change your password and contact the VIT Help Desk at 546-9770 or helplog@vancouver.wsu.edu

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