{"id":1837,"date":"2023-12-13T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/?p=1837"},"modified":"2023-12-13T12:50:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T20:50:26","slug":"uvic-important-verification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/2023\/12\/13\/uvic-important-verification\/","title":{"rendered":"UVIC IMPORTANT VERIFICATION!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another run of the high volume phish encountered yesterday. To spot the phishing signs check out the post below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BHta7W3EZS\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/2023\/12\/12\/important-verification\/\">IMPORTANT: Verification<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;IMPORTANT: Verification&#8221; &#8212; Phish Bowl\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/2023\/12\/12\/important-verification\/embed\/#?secret=9lUUu0HZgY#?secret=BHta7W3EZS\" data-secret=\"BHta7W3EZS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Below is the sample of the new variant:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1838 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4983\/2023\/12\/Verification1.png\" alt=\"Phish with subject &quot;UVIC IMPORTANT VERIFICATION!&quot; has a phishing link to steal user credentials.\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4983\/2023\/12\/Verification1.png 800w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4983\/2023\/12\/Verification1-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4983\/2023\/12\/Verification1-768x550.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"Text1\"><p>Subject: UVIC IMPORTANT VERIFICATION!<br \/>\nSender: University of Victoria &lt;****&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Notice: This message was sent from outside the University of Victoria email system. Please be cautious with links and sensitive information.<\/p>\n<p>Your UVIC Google account has been filed under the list of accounts set for deactivation due to retirement \/ graduation or transfer of the concerned account holder. But the record shows you are still active in service and so advised to verify this request otherwise give us reason to deactivate your University of Victoria account.<\/p>\n<p>Please Verify your UVIC account immediately to avoid Deactivation. Verify Here [Phishing link]<\/p>\n<p>Please note the one-time submission and entry only..<\/p>\n<p>Warm Regards,<\/p>\n<p>3800 Finnerty Road<br \/>\nVictoria BC V8P 5C2 Canada<br \/>\nUVIC IT Help Desk<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another run of the high volume phish encountered yesterday. To spot the phishing signs check out the post below: IMPORTANT: Verification Below is the sample of the new variant: Subject: UVIC IMPORTANT VERIFICATION! Sender: University of Victoria &lt;****&gt; Notice: This message was sent from outside the University of Victoria email system. Please be cautious with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/2023\/12\/13\/uvic-important-verification\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UVIC IMPORTANT VERIFICATION!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16870,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16870"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1837"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1840,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions\/1840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}