🚩 Spot the Red Flag — Email Phishing Quiz! How it works: Read each scenario and check the boxes for what you think are red flags. Then open Answer Key to compare. Scenario 1: “Shared Document” on Google Drive Subject: [Vassar Drive] Professor shared “Midterm Study Guide” with you From: Google Drive <no-reply@googledrive-support.com> Hi, Dr. […]

October is the month of Cybersecurity Awareness! There’s no better time to strengthen your digital defenses. Whether you’re studying, working, or connecting online, good cybersecurity habits help protect your personal information and the entire Vassar community. As a reminder all current Vassar students or community members with a vassar.edu or alum.vassar.edu email address can enroll […]

Recent news about a so-called “16 billion credentials leak” has raised new concerns about digital security. Here is one such article. While this was not a new breach, but rather a massive aggregation of previously exposed login credentials, its scale highlights a longstanding and widespread issue: password reuse. When attackers obtain credentials from one breach, […]

Picture this. You get an email with a suspicious subject line, maybe something like “Yoour EZ Pass has Expired!” or “Click here to win a $100 amazon gift card!” You probably know already that it’s a phishing email from the subject. Or maybe you think it feels a little weird, so you do some more […]

Usually on this website, we talk about phishing via email, as this is one of the more common types of phishing and is most likley to specifically affect your Vassar accounts. However, did you know that phishing can come over a variety of platforms, not just email? Here’s some examples of other ways you might […]

Today we’re going to be talking about a very useful skill for staying safe online: hovering links to see where they lead, before you click on them. Let’s start with an example of when you might use this skill. In our most recent phishing attempt, the Help Desk Phishing Attempt, the sender placed a link […]

Ever wonder where we get the sample phishing attempts you can browse on this site? If you look at the top of the page, you’ll notice the email address catchoftheday@vassar.edu. This email address key to how we get the most recent phishing attempts on our site, and you can help! Every phishing attempt you see […]

Have you visited KnowBe4, a site Vassar has partnered to bring comprehensive training on how to remain safe online? Today we’re talking about KnowBe4, a cybersecurity training website that everyone at Vassar can use to complete trainings and learn vital online skills. KnowBe4 features trainings and games on topics such as those in the Learn […]