Security: Phishing Emails, Blocking Senders and Managing Junk Email
Updated: 24 October 2018 07:49 AM
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What is Phishing?Identifying Phishing Emails (University of Chicago IT Services) Identifying Fraudulent Phishing Emails (Apple.com) Protect Your Privacy Online (Microsoft.com) Identifying Phishing and Malware EmailOCADU IT Services will NEVER send unsolicited requests for passwords or other personal information via email. Messages requesting such information are fraudulent and should be deleted. Examples of Phishing Emails are fraudulent requests for:
What does a Phishing Email Look like?Telltale signs of Phishing attempts from Microsoft.com:
Read more at Microsoft.com, or read on below. Spoofing Email AddressesEmail spoofing is the creation of email messages with a forged sender address, usually with the intent to deceive the recipient into taking some action like clicking a link or downloading a file. There have been reports at OCADU of community members receiving email from a faculty member, or even the President, with an attachment containing a malicious payload. If you recognize the sender but the contents of the email look unusual - please contact the IT Help Desk - ithelp@ocadu.ca Consider the following example: Compare the sender’s name and the email address. Do you recognize them? Do they match? Example: Sara Diamond <sdiamond@ocadu.edu> Look for the ocadu.ca domain, and correct email address. In the example above, neither match. More from:
Students: Reporting Spam and Phishing in GsuiteFor any email in your Inbox, you have the option to Report Spam or Report Phishing. Use the context menu for any email to select whether you would like to report it: For more information, read https://support.google.com/mail/answer/8151?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en Students: Managing Filters and Blocked UsersYou can also manage filters and blocked users in Gmail. Click the Gear icon > select Filters and Blocked Addresses. Or, create a search criteria, and create a filter from the search criteria: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6579?hl=en
Faculty and Staff: Controlling Junk Email in Microsoft Office Outlook 2016 for Mac, Windows, Office 365
You can choose to Mark as Junk or Block Sender in Outlook for Mac 2016: this communicates your preferences directly to Office 365. 1. Select the email, right-click (or control-click) and select Mark as Junk or Block Sender
Use Junk Mail > Mark as Junk or Block Sender Controlling Junk Email and Blocked in Office 365 Outlook Web Access1. While logged in to https://365.ocadu.ca go to the Settings > Accounts > Block or allow
You can also share your Junk email reports automatically with Microsoft by selecting Mail > Automatic Processing > Junk Email reporting
2. Select Automatically filter junk e-mail. 3. Modify your safe and blocked senders list.
Controlling Junk Email and Blocked Senders in Apple MailWhile Apple Mail does have it's own junk email filter, it does not communicate with Microsoft, and therefore the settings in Outlook Web Access work independently of the junk email filter in Apple Mail. You can set the Trust junk mail headers set by my Internet service provider preference in Mail > Preferences and it will follow the spam rules set by Microsoft Exchange. | |
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