Dear faculty and staff,
Helping the UIC community stay safe online is one of our priorities at Technology Solutions. While our Security Team works hard behind the scenes to minimize threats, cybercriminals find new sophisticated and believable ways to trick you, particularly through email and text messages.
In honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we wanted to remind you of the common scams targeting UIC faculty and staff:
- Duo 2-Factor Authentication scam
Scammers will send you Duo 2FA prompts using your leaked or compromised password with the hopes to annoy or trick you into accepting the request. If you receive unsolicited Duo 2FA authentication requests, DO NOT authenticate them. Immediately change your password to protect your account and “Deny” the authentication requests. - Email scams (phishing)
Phishing emails are fraudulent emails that try to trick the recipient into entering login credentials on a fake website, opening an attachment or duping you into sharing other sensitive information. These emails can be hard to detect but common scams are:- Password notifications – False emails claiming you requested a password change and prompt you to log in immediately to cancel the request.
- Voicemail messages – Scammers try to trick you into opening an audio attachment or logging into a fake website claiming you have an urgent voicemail so that they can steal your password or trick you into opening a malicious file.
- Receipts and invoices – Scammers posing as…
