A number of people have reported SMS messages from (201) 908-6007 attempting to impersonate President Foster. The message is Hello John Smith. Let me know if you get this text. Kathryn A. Foster. President The College of New Jersey This message is a scam. If you receive this message do not reply. If you did… Continue Reading
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PHISH – Subject: tcnj.edu | Work Opportunity for
See below image of email. This is a phishing attempt by an outside source attempting to harvest information from TCNJ users. Do not reply or click any links contained within this email. If you receive any suspicious messages, please report them to phish@tcnj.edu. Continue Reading
Text Message Scam Alert
A number of people have reported receiving a suspicious sms message on their personal cell phone. The message is brief asking for a reply and impersonating another employee at TCNJ. If you receive a message like this do not reply, and report it to the Information Security Office. All suspicious messages should be reported to… Continue Reading
Phish – Available cellphone number?
A number of these similar phishing messages reported lately. Usually from gmail addresses. From: XXXX <jpattonvogt@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 11:50 AM Subject: To: <XXXX> Available cellphone number?– Continue Reading
PHISH – Invoice_US_CMR_LRB_10295419121_2021-12-13.pdf
Recently an email was sent out that contains a malicious PDF. If you receive this email do not click the link embedded in the PDF or download it. Notify phish@tcnj.edu and delete the email. Thank you. Continue Reading
PHISH – MsDocs 893826 / New Scanned Docs from MX-M253N
This is a phishing email, the embedded link does not go to a SharePoint site or contain any documents. Do not click on any links and delete this email. Thank you. Continue Reading
Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The theme, just like last year, is “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart” which emphasizes the important role we all must play in protecting ourselves and the College from cyber attacks. It is our shared responsibility to be good digital citizens. No individual is solely responsible for securing the Internet. Everyone must… Continue Reading
Phish – Subject: Confirm Ownership for ***@tcnj.edu
Phishing email which will take you to a Mail Center landing page and attempt to harvest your credentials. Do not enter any information or click any links in this email. Continue Reading
EXPLOIT – CVE-2021-30860 – FORCEDENTRY zero-day exploit on Apple devices
The FORCEDENTRY vulnerability was discovered last week by CitizenLab. This vulnerability allows attackers to craft malicious PDF files which the device then process and runs the attackers code, leading to data theft, impersonation and potential device takeover. This vulnerability exploits Apple’s image rendering library, CoreGraphics and requires no interaction from the user once the text… Continue Reading
Exploit – CVE-2021-40444 – MSHTML RCE Vulnerbility via malicious Microsoft Office documents
This week Microsoft reported that they are seeing this vulnerability being actively exploited in the wild. The attacker crafts a Microsoft Office document which contains a malicious ActiveX control, that once installed, grants the attacker the same rights as the user who opened the document. This can allow the attacker to run code, install and… Continue Reading