New lock screen image on McGill-managed computers

Published: 11 September 2025

French follows... We are excited to announce a new look coming to the Windows lock screen on computers managed by IT Customer Services (ICS).

Phishing scam: McGill Notice, Action Required

Published: 3 September 2025

A phishing email is circulating among the McGill community. See details below. If you receive it, please do not interact with it....

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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