IT SECURITY
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Fake email about Webmail
We have been alerted to an email that has been sent to some users within the University entitled "Account Lock Notice" which states that your webmail account has been locked due to too many login attempts. The links in this...
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Password Change Request
Recently a number of members of the University community received a phishing email which requested personal details as well as their University user name and password, leaving those who responded exposed to identity theft. As a precautionary measure Computing Services...
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Stay safe new phishing email to be aware of
There is a new phishing email to look out for. The good news is, we've managed to catch it early. Please don't click on any of the links and if you are concerned you can always email phishing@bath.ac.uk and the...
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Badlock Samba vulnerability
On April 12 2016, an important range security vulnerabilities were disclosed in Windows Server Message Block (SMB) and the Open Source implementation Samba. The group of vulnerabilities were named Badlock and it received attention prior to the announcement and afterwards...
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Students - beware of 'Grant' phishing emails
Students have recently received phishing emails purporting to be from the University Finance Office. You should not click on the link within these emails. Some of our students have reported they have received false emails pretending to be from the...
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Beware of HMRC phishing emails
It's that time of year again, yes it's the end of the tax year and the new tax year has now started. It's also the time that fake phishing emails claiming to be from HMRC will be doing the rounds....
