There is a phishing email targeting the McGill community with the subject "Microsoft De-Activation In Progress".  See an example of the message above. The example we received says,

"Dear User,

This is the last time we will notify you that we'll stop processing incoming emails in your school account, and the reason is you failed to verify your Microsoft account which may lead to the permanent deletion of your account from our database in the next few hours.

Kindly take a minute to complete our email verification below

Classified as: IT security alerts, email scams, phishing, IT Alerts
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Published on: 12 May 2023

McGill-managed desktop and laptop Windows computers will receive an important security update beginning on October 31, 2022. Cisco Secure Endpoint, McGill’s antivirus software, will receive its regularly scheduled, monthly update. The process to update all affected machines will take approximately 2 weeks.

Classified as: IT Announcements, anti-virus, Antivirus, Cybersecurity, IT Services
Published on: 28 Oct 2022

A targeted phishing email is currently circulating, asking you to open an attachment that contains a fraudulent link to a shared document. See an example of the message to the left.

Please DO NOT click any links or reply to the message. Delete this email immediately! It does NOT come from a McGill source.

Classified as: email scams, phishing, IT security alerts
Category:
Published on: 20 Sep 2022

A targeted phishing email is currently circulating, asking you to open an attachment that contains a fraudulent link to a shared document. See an example of the message to the left.

Please DO NOT click any links or reply to the message. Delete this email immediately! It does NOT come from a McGill source.

Classified as: email scams, phishing, IT security alerts
Category:
Published on: 20 Sep 2022

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