Category Archives: Security

Beware two recent phishing scams: ***URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED*** and ***IMPORTANT INFO***. Ignore, delete, or report as phishing. From: Veronica Brandstrader, LTS, x2171 More info: Computing Help Desk, helpdesk@wellesley.edu, x3333 (faculty-staff), x2056 (admin support line), 781.283.7777 (students)  

Feel free to click the triangle in the upper right of the message and choose Report phishing, or delete it. You can always contact the Help Desk about suspicious messages, or check the upper right corner of the LTS home … Continue reading →

Safari and Internet Explorer are the most vulnerable, even the most up to date versions.  To see if a browser is vulnerable, go to https://cve.freakattack.com/ in that browser. If you get a VULNERABLE! message, avoid using that browser until the … Continue reading →

More convincing than usual — they’re using our WebHelpDesk logo and our IP addresses! Still phishing, so click the arrow in the righthand corner of the message and select Report phishing. This is a warning notification to inform you that … Continue reading →

Here’s a sample email…if you get a similar message, click the Stop! icon or the triangle in the upper right corner and choose Report phishing: Dear wellesley Account User, Your e-mail Id needs to be updated with our F-Secure R-HTK4S … Continue reading →

If you get a phishy message from the “Help Desk” please mark it as phishing. Subject: ITS ALERT!!! You have reached the storage limit on your mailbox. Please visit the below link to restore and verify your email access. http://wellesleyhelp.livecity.me/ … Continue reading →

Want or need to change your domain password? Go to https://reset.wellesley.edu. As of 4/30/2014, you won’t be able to use ctrl+alt+del to change your domain password on College-owned and maintained PCs, which includes office, lab, and public computers. If you … Continue reading →

SANS Security training will be available again through MyWellesley beginning tomorrow, 4/17. To: Faculty, staff From: Veronica Brandstrader, LTS, x2171 More info: Computing Help Desk, helpdesk@wellesley.edu, x3333

Many of the outside institutions and services you interact with online will likely contact you with advice on whether or not to change your password. This is also a prime opportunity for phishers to send bogus messages pretending to be … Continue reading →

Do not respond to this message (below). Instead, in the upper right corner of the message, click the triangle and select “Report phishing.” Dear Account Owner, Message from IT Dept. of Wellesley College, We are upgrading all @wellesley.edu to the newer … Continue reading →