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New phishing attempt “Update your profile” or “Security Message”– please...

Some of you may have received the following emails this morning. THESE ARE ALL ATTEMPTS TO STEAL YOUR USERNAME and PASSWORD for MALICOUS PURPOSES (i.e. a phishing attempt). You should NOT REPLY, NOT...

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New phishing attempt “Message From VC”– IGNORE and DELETE

Some of you may have received the following email this morning. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO STEAL YOUR USERNAME and PASSWORD for MALICOUS PURPOSES (i.e. a phishing attempt). You should NOT REPLY, NOT FOLLOW...

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Another phishing attempt “Congestion”– IGNORE and DELETE

Some of you may have received the following email this afternoon. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO STEAL YOUR USERNAME and PASSWORD for MALICOUS PURPOSES (i.e. a phishing attempt). You should NOT REPLY, NOT...

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Phishing attempt “Receiving incoming mail/Your mailbox is almost full”–...

Some of you may have received the following email early this morning. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO STEAL YOUR USERNAME and PASSWORD for MALICOUS PURPOSES (i.e. a phishing attempt). You should NOT REPLY, NOT...

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Phishing attempt “Hi”– your mailbox has not been deactivated. Ignore and...

Some of you may have received the following email early this morning. Your email account/mailbox has not been deactivated. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO STEAL YOUR USERNAME and PASSWORD for MALICOUS PURPOSES...

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Phishing attempt “Dear User”– your account has not been compromised and your...

Some of you may have received the following email this afternoon. Your account has not been compromised and your mailbox has not been restricted. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO STEAL YOUR USERNAME and PASSWORD...

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Further phishing attempts: please ignore and delete

There have been a spate of phishing attempts over the long weekend, some purporting to be from IT Services. THEY ARE ALL PHISHING ATTEMPTS trying to steal your username and password for malicious...

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This week’s tip: Advice for dealing with phishing messages

To find out more about phishing and what to do if you receive a phishing message, check out our dedicated phishing advice page. Filed under: Phishing and Scams, This week's tip

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This week’s tip: Dealing with phishing messages

Phishing or scam messages try to acquire your personal information by pretending to be from legitimate sources. They usually have the same characteristics. The Phishing Archive has a collection of scam...

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Scam Alert –‘Ransomware’

We have received a number of reports of LSE staff and students falling victim to a form of virus known as ransomware. This particular form of ransomware shows itself by claiming the computer has been...

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Phishing: Don’t Get Caught!

‘Phishing’ refers to emails trying to entice you into disclosing personal information such as your username, password or even your bank account details. There are some simple ways of identifying fake...

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Don’t share your password!

An unfortunately common occurrence is emails that attempt to gain your personal information so it can be used to compromise your account. Be smart and don’t get caught out – take some time to question...

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Phishing Attempt

Today you may have received an email claiming to have been sent by LSE Technical Support asking you to click a link to upgrade your account. This email was a phishing attempt by an external party...

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Watch out for malicious emails

While 99% of malicious email attacks are blocked by IMT before they reach your email account we cannot block every attack and ask everyone to be vigilant when reading and responding to email. Key...

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