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WPI Information Security educates our community about topics to improve security in their WPI work as well as their personal endeavors.   

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View the July 2024 edition of SECURE IT online (Actions).

Details

July's focus is on phishing. Many of us are familiar with this topic, but bad actors continue to change their tactics so there is always more to learn!

Something that is often at play during phishing attacks is social engineering, which is about using persuasion to trick the victim. Decades ago the con artist had to engage the victim in face-to-face conversation. Today technology enables them to trick people halfway across the world.

In this issue:

  • Checkout WPI's Phishbowl
  • Social Engineering
  • Why is Higher Ed a Target?
  • KnowBe4 as a Prevention Strategy
  • Watch Out for Summer Scams
  • Learning with Laughter
  • Meet Julius!
  • In the News and Featured Videos
  • It Landed in Junk Mail for a Reason!
  • Diversity in Cybersecurity
Meme picture of Bill Lumbergh from Office Space with text: "Yeah if we could just stop clicking on phishing emails, that'd be great."