Have you spotted these clues in your McGill email?

Published: 24 January 2025

Attackers, scammers, marketers: these days they’re all taking advantage of AI to generate polished, typo-free content. Figuring out if an email is legitimate has definitely become more challenging....

New recipient limit for Non-2FA enabled McGill email accounts

Published: 28 September 2023

In an effort to limit the impacts of unsolicited and fraudulent emails being sent in large numbers to the McGill community, McGill’s IT Infrastructure & Information Security has decided to...

Phishing scam: "Completed: Complete with Via-Sign: #7 - 34499-07-# Monday July 2023"

Published: 17 July 2023

There is a phishing email targeting the McGill community with the subject "Completed: Complete with Via-Sign: #7 - 34499-07-# Monday July 2023". The message body contains a fraudulent link.   

IMPORTANT: Phishing fraud targets McGill users with access to financial data, via email and Skype instant messaging

Published: 15 September 2017

This message is sent on behalf of Ghilaine Roquet, Chief Information Officer and Associate Vice-Principal (Information Technology Services)...

The New Spam: Machine learning can be used to write human-like tweets

Published: 5 August 2016

Phishing messages typically get 5-10% response rates, but a new system has boosted its rate to 40%. John Seymour and Phil Tully, two data scientists from the security company ZeroFOX, presented...

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