Members of the YorkU community received a phish email with the subject line: "Your email password has expired." If you see it in your inbox, please delete.
Advisories & Alerts
Advisory Alert - Zoom version 5.1.3 released to address zero-day vulnerability
Zoom has released version 5.1.3 to address a critical vulnerability. If you have the Zoom client installed on a windows 7 system, please update as soon as possible. Click here to manually download the latest client version.
Phish Alert - Copy of June Bonus 22JUN2020.xlsx
The York community reported a phish scam with the subject line "Copy of June Bonus 22JUN2020.xlsx". Clicking on the green Open bar redirects users to an external site designed to steal your PY credentials. If you see it in your inbox, please delete.
Phish Alert - Mailbox Shutdown Process
This is another phish email that redirects users to a GOOGLEAPI site to steal your PY credentials. Please delete the email if you see it in your inbox.
Phish Alert - Account Update
The phishing email below redirects users to an external site designed to steal your PY credentials. If you see it in your inbox, please delete.
Phish Alert - Email quota upgrade required for your mailbox
The email with the subject line "Warning: Email quota upgrade required for your mailbox" is a scam. Clicking on the "Verify" link will redirect users to a malicious site. If you see it in your inbox, please delete.
Fake Zoom meeting invite with malicious attachments
We have had reports of a fake zoom meeting invite that was sent to various mailboxes. The email attachments contain malware that will infect your computer. If you find it in your inbox, please delete immediately.
Phish Alert - Corona-virus (COVID-19) information for York University
The Information Security Team spotted a COVID-19 phish email which contained the malicious file "York University.zip" Please delete if you find it in your inbox.
Phish Alert - Microsoft account unusual sign-in activity
A phishing email pretending to be from Microsoft has been reported. The link redirects users to a malicious site. If you see the email in your inbox, you can safely delete it.
Phish Alert - A new message has been quarantined
A phish email with subject line "Notice!! Important message has been quarantined under your account name" was reported late this afternoon. Clicking on the "View Details" bar will redirect you to a phishing site. If you see it in your inbox, please delete.
