Security

Keeping your data safe is one of our primary concerns. These articles will help you follow best practices.

Phishing Scams

One of the most frequent threats to your computer accounts  and university data come from phishing scams. Fraudulent email messages and telephone calls try to trick you into giving them your username and password. The articles below will help you learn to recognize email phishing tricks of the trade. When a phishing email is reported that appears to have been delivered to many WWU mailboxes, we block any remote hosts that are linked to from the email message. Then we check to see if anyone clicked the link before it was blocked, so we can help them change their password and secret question answers. Below you will find examples of recent phishing scams that were sent to hundreds of WWU mailboxes.

See also:
How to Protect Yourself from Fraudulent Emails
Examples of Phishing Attempts received by Western
Phishing 101 (Video Presentation)
How to Recognize and Report Job Offer Scams
Watch out for Spear Phishing!
Recognize Fake IRS Messages and Scholarship Scams
Have you received an extortion email that says you've been hacked?

Report a Security Concern

Report a Phishing Scam
Report Malware or a Virus
Report a Data Security Breach

Cloud Storage Guidelines

Cloud Storage Guidelines to Educational and Sensitive Data