{"id":14276,"date":"2020-02-05T14:13:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T12:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/?p=14276"},"modified":"2020-03-06T14:09:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T12:09:43","slug":"phishing-email-from-suncom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/2020\/02\/phishing-email-from-suncom\/","title":{"rendered":"[:en]Phishing email with subject &#8220;SUNCOM&#8221;[:af]Phishing-poging met die onderwerp &#8220;SUNCOM&#8221; [:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:en]<\/p>\n<p>An email from a sun.ac.za address with the subject &#8220;SAFECOM &#8211; 5 \/ FEBRUARY \/ 2020&#8221; has been sent to staff and students. The email asks you to open a message received from &#8220;SUNCOM&#8221; (also see image below)<\/p>\n<p>This is not a legitimate email, but a phishing attempt which will lead you to a fake website.<\/p>\n<p>By clicking on links and providing your information, you give criminals access to your personal information and your accounts. If you think your account or device has been compromised or you notice suspicious activity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">Immediately change your password on www.sun.ac.za\/password.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\"> Contact the IT Service Desk<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\"> by <a href=\"https:\/\/servicedesk.sun.ac.za\/jira\/servicedesk\/customer\/portal\/6\/user\/login\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">logging a request<\/span><\/a> or calling 808 4367. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">More information is available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/en\/?s=phishing\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">blog<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ITStellenUni\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/admin.sun.ac.za\/Infoteg\/cybersecurity-alert\/printscreens\/suncom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2020\/02\/suncom_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"245\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[:af]<\/p>\n<p>\u2019n E-pos vanaf `n sun.ac.za adres met die onderwerp &#8220;SAFECOM &#8211; 5 \/ FEBRUARY \/ 2020&#8221; is aan personeel en studente versend. Die e-pos vra dat jy op \u0149 skakel kliek om `n boodskap van &#8220;SAFECOM&#8221; te lees. (sien ook voorbeeld onder)<\/p>\n<p>Hierdie is nie \u2019n geldige e-pos nie, maar \u2019n strikroofpoging wat jou sal lei na \u2019n vals webadres.<\/p>\n<p>Deur op skakels in strikroof e-posse te kliek en jou inligting te verskaf, gee jy aan misdadigers toegang tot jou persoonlike inligting en rekeninge. Indien jy vermoed dat jou rekening of toestel gekompromitteer is of jy agterdogtige aktiwiteite oplet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">Verander dadelik jou wagwoord by www.sun.ac.za\/password.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\"> Kontak die IT Dienstoonbank deur \u0149 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/servicedesk.sun.ac.za\/jira\/servicedesk\/customer\/portal\/6\/user\/login\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">versoek aan te meld<\/span><\/a> of 808 4367 te skakel. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">Meer inligting is beskikbaar op ons <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/en\/?s=phishing\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">blog<\/span><\/a> en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ITStellenUni\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #666766; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/admin.sun.ac.za\/Infoteg\/cybersecurity-alert\/printscreens\/suncom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2020\/02\/suncom_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"245\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:en] An email from a sun.ac.za address with the subject &#8220;SAFECOM &#8211; 5 \/ FEBRUARY \/ 2020&#8221; has been sent to staff and students. The email asks you to open a message received from &#8220;SUNCOM&#8221; (also see image below) This is not a legitimate email, but a phishing attempt which will lead you to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":259,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,20381,29187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-phishing","category-security-2"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 03:32:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14276"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14282,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14276\/revisions\/14282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}