Infosec News and Events

New Infosec Website Launched!

We are pleased to present the newest version of the Infosec website, with many new features to help make navigation as easy and pleasing as possible. While the visual style, and many key pages have been updated, much of the content has been copied over from the old site. With that in mind, some information may still be out of date. I will be going through every page of content over the next couple months and making sure the information is current and useful.

Please contact sate@uga.edu if you have any suggestions for the website. I am particularly interested if you have any questions you had trouble finding answers for on our website. I will add any reasonable requests to the website, or to our FAQ.

Advisories

This is to notify the University community that emails received on campus requesting that you send your password via return email are fraudulent. Do not respond to these emails.

Please be aware that you will never be asked to send your password in an email from official UGA communications. Indeed, you should never send your password through email to anyone under any circumstances.

Phishing attacks are a common threat when using your e-mail account. Never trust an e-mail requesting your login or password. These scams will often provide links to pages that look like a credible institution. However, once you submit your information, your account can be compromised and used for illegal purposes. This is especially dangerous with financial accounts, but you should also be careful with your MyID, and all other personal information.

If you are concerned your bank or UGA needs to speak with you, call customer support or the help desk and ask. You can also look on the front page (or login page) for the organization in question. If there is a large scale problem, information will be readily available on one of these front pages. But never even click on a link in a potential phishing e-mail, as it might contain a virus.

One final tip to know you are dealing with a phishing scam is to mouse-over the link and look at the status bar or pop-up describing where the link leads. If the first part of the link looks very unfamiliar, followed by the legitimate link at the end, it is definitely a phishing scam. An example would be http://1jklh.s0mwhere.ru/asfi/ugamail.uga.edu/

For more information, please visit our phishing information page.