{"id":63,"date":"2020-03-26T02:09:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T02:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/?p=63"},"modified":"2020-03-31T11:21:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T10:21:04","slug":"dont-get-caught-out-a-handy-refresher-on-how-to-spot-the-scammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/dont-get-caught-out-a-handy-refresher-on-how-to-spot-the-scammers\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t get caught out! A handy refresher on how to spot the scammers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Unsettling times of crisis and confusion provide an ideal opportunity for email scammers to catch people off-guard.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Criminal organisations are targeting medical research facilities with Covid-19 themed phishing emails, fake mobile apps, and fake web advertising.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re also aware of a phishing email which suggests &#8216;you have a new document from OneDrive&#8217;.&nbsp;&nbsp;It appears to be sent by a member of the University or someone you know, but it&#8217;s not a genuine email and should just be deleted.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve created a short <a href=\"https:\/\/sway.office.com\/uTwXdABOY7pOPFgb\">cyber-security refresher quiz<\/a> to help you spot the scammers. It covers the following topics: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Understand why we need to keep certain types of information secure<\/li><li>Identify the types of information we need to protect<\/li><li>Understand the potential impact of a data breach<\/li><li>Remember practical steps we can take to keep information secure<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> Take the <a href=\"https:\/\/sway.office.com\/uTwXdABOY7pOPFgb\">cyber-security quiz <\/a>now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/files\/2020\/03\/twitter_scams-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/files\/2020\/03\/twitter_scams-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/files\/2020\/03\/twitter_scams-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/files\/2020\/03\/twitter_scams-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/files\/2020\/03\/twitter_scams-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/files\/2020\/03\/twitter_scams.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unsettling times of crisis and confusion provide an ideal opportunity for email scammers to catch people off-guard. Criminal organisations are targeting medical research facilities with Covid-19 themed phishing emails, fake mobile apps, and fake web advertising. We&#8217;re also aware of a phishing email which suggests &#8216;you have a new document from OneDrive&#8217;.&nbsp;&nbsp;It appears to be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/dont-get-caught-out-a-handy-refresher-on-how-to-spot-the-scammers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Don&#8217;t get caught out! A handy refresher on how to spot the scammers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1419,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/remoteworking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}