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Be vigilant and learn to spot and report phishing attempts and scam emails.<\/p>\n
Phishing is a method of cybercrime where criminals use email, text, social media, or other types of messaging services to trick a victim into clicking on harmful links or downloading malware. Phishing is a type of social engineering tactic, where instead of going after the technology itself, the attacker is going after the victim themselves.<\/p>\n
Falling victim to a phishing scam can put your personal information at risk, such as credit cards, social security numbers, banking information, and more.<\/p>\n
\u24d8 At NAU, we’ll always continue to educate our community on how to spot and report phishing attempts so that not only your individual information, but also sensitive student, health, and financial data, remains secure.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n If you receive a suspicious email, don’t click on any links or take any action that the message is asking. Immediately report the message to ITS in one of the two ways.<\/p>\n \u24d8 If you’ve fallen victim to a phishing email and clicked on any links or taken any action requested by the sender, immediately contact the ITS Service Desk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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