<div dir="ltr"><div>Good morning,</div><div><br></div><div>Unfortunately, late this morning we continue to see our campus targeted with sophisticated phishing scams. The subject lines change, the URL links in the emails change but the are all doing the same thing. They are taking you to a fake login page that looks and feels like our regular campus login page, but its not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>We urge all campus users to pay attention the authentication page</b> and MAKE sure you follow a simple 2 step process to verify you are logging into the official campus authentication page.</div><div><br></div><div><u><b>HOW DO YOU TELL YOU ARE LOGGING INTO RIGHT PAGE?</b></u></div><div><br></div><div><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(100,100,100);margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:20px">1. Check the Page</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:14px 0px;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Make sure you're on our <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">official login page</span>. It should look just like the screenshot below.</p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(100,100,100);margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:20px">2. Check the URL</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:14px 0px;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">The web address at the top of your browser should say:</p><pre style="box-sizing:border-box;overflow:auto;font-family:Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,"Courier New",monospace;font-size:13px;padding:9.5px;margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:1.42857;color:rgb(43,43,43);word-break:break-all;background-color:rgb(245,245,245);border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);border-radius:4px"><code style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,"Courier New",monospace;font-size:inherit;padding:0px;color:inherit;background-color:transparent;border-radius:0px"><a href="https://cas.plattsburgh.edu">https://cas.plattsburgh.edu</a></code>
</pre><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:14px 0px;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">This means you're signing in through our <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">official Central Authentication System (CAS)</span>. If the address looks strange and does not start with <a href="http://cas.plattsburgh.edu">cas.plattsburgh.edu</a> — <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">close the tab immediately</span>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:14px 0px;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><img alt="" src="https://plattsburgh.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=ee58a6ca-85c6-4a6d-a63f-eb831163af91.png&beidInt=22" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: 376px; max-width: 100%; width: 600px;"></p></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix"><div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix"><br></span></div><div>All it takes is one or two account compromises and then the bad actors use the compromised accounts to rapidly propogate the phishing emails to all campus users. </div><div><br></div><div>As we communicated yesterday and last evening, If you respond to one of these phishing scams your accounts password will be reset and you will need to use the password self reset process to reestablish access to your account. </div><div><br></div>If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact the ITS Helpdesk at <a href="mailto:helpdesk@plattsburgh.edu">helpdesk@plattsburgh.edu</a> or stop by in person.<br><br>Thank you for your continued vigilance in keeping our campus secure.<div><br></div><div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix"><br></span></div>-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><b><font size="2">TJ Myers</font></b></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2">Director & Chief Information Officer</font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:small">Information Technology Services</span><br></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2">215 Feinberg</font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=101+Broad+Street+Plattsburgh,+NY+12901&entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">101 Broad Street</a></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=101+Broad+Street+Plattsburgh,+NY+12901&entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</a></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2">(o) <a href="tel:(518)%20564-2449" value="+15185643824" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">518-564-</a>5180</font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:small">(f) 518-564-</span><span style="font-size:small">3817</span><br></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><b><font size="2"><a href="http://plattsburgh.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">plattsburgh.edu</a></font></b></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><img src="https://web.plattsburgh.edu/files/914/images/SUNY-Plattsburgh-Email-Logo-2018.jpg"></div></div></div></div>