Scams

  • Phishing Email titled: IT HELP DESK

    We are getting reports of a phishing email being sent to students and staff. This is fake. Please ignore and delete this email. Please do not click any links or send any personal information. If you are concerned about an...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • New OS X Ransomware affecting Transmission (BitTorrent client)

    It has recently come to light that users who downloaded version 2.90 of the Transmission BitTorrent client for OS X from official website after 3.00 GMT, March 4, 2016 and before 1100 GMT, March 5, 2016, may be been infected...

  • 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....

  • Avoid phone scams

    Beware of telephone support scams where someone phones you and claims to be from Microsoft or from another support company such as BT. They can call you at home or at work. The cybercriminals use publicly available phone directories so...