Archives for May 2017

Your Penn State Access Account

May 25, 2017 by gle13

From: “Penn State HelpDesk” <xxxxxxx@baylor.edu>
To: xxxxxx@psu.edu
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 2:34:35 PM
Subject: Your Penn State Access Account

Dear Penn State E-mail User,

This message is from Penn State University: PSU Support Help Desk, We are
currently upgrading our psu.edu database and e-mail account center i.e homepage view,
enhance security installations of new 2017 anti-spam and anti-virus software,large mailbox
space.Kindly verify your e-mail within 24 hours or your e-mail will be
temporarily suspended. CLICK HERE [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the ayigagroup.com domain] to verify your e-mail.

Thanks for your co-operation,
PENN STATE IT HelpDesk
PSU Support Help Desk
© Copyright 2017 Penn State University

Urgent Announcement

May 25, 2017 by gle13

From: “IT-Help-Desk@PSU.EDU” <xxxxxx@ksu.edu>
To: xxxxx@psu.edu
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 9:09:04 AM
Subject: Urgent Announcement
Dear All,

This is to notify all Students and Staffs of Pennsylvania State University that we are validating active accounts.

Kindly confirm that your account is still in use by clicking the validation link below:

Validate Email Account [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the charanflowerdecorators.com domain]

Sincerely
IT Help Desk
Office of Information Technology
Penn State University

Salary Notification

May 23, 2017 by Paul Carlisle Kletchka

From: David H. Monk [mailto:bsccareinfo@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 3:44 PM
Subject: Salary Notification

Dear Faculty/Staff,

Attached is the description of how staff/faculty members has demonstrated excellence in support of the school activities. List of all the names of 2016/2017 nominees, entitled to increase in Salary award and position title, department for Years of Service to Penn State College of Education.

Please download and login to your mail account to view and new salary update. All eligible active faculty/staff members will receive a bonus payment instanta.

Thanks.

Yours Sincerely,
David H. Monk
Dean Penn State College of Education
274 Chambers Building
University Park, PA 16802

This email was not sent by the Dean of the College of Education and it includes a file named “award list.htm” that, when opened, shows a website requesting that the viewer log in with their Penn State Access Account. That site is bogus, and if you submit your user ID and password through it, your account will be compromised.

Billing Update

May 19, 2017 by dre

Phishing message from 2:08PM May 19, 2017

From: “admin@psu.edu” <xxxxxxx@psu.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 2:08:32 PM
Subject: Billing Update

You are required to verify your billing information within 24 hours or your Penn account will be temporarily suspend due to Penn state university billing department verification process. click here [<–Link leads to a bogus online payment site in the onlinechasejp.com domain] to verify your account

Note: No charges will be made from your card upon this verification process.

Penn Sta! te University
Billing Department

RE: NOTICE: Off-Campus Security and SSL-VPN Access Update

May 17, 2017 by mcl158

From: “Pennsylvania State University” <xxxxx@aub.edu.lb>
To: xxxxx@aub.edu.lb
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 2:25:52 PM
Subject: RE: NOTICE: Off-Campus Security and SSL-VPN Access Update

Off-Campus and Security SSL-VPN Access Update.

Click Here [<–Link leads to a fake College of Engineering VPN portal in the psu211.000webhostapp.com domain] to update your SSL-VPN Access