Phishing threats results in safety measures from Ohio University

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Phishing threats results in safety measures from Ohio University
April 22, 2019
https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2019/04/ohio-university-phishing-emails-scam

Ohio University has implemented multiple safety measures in order to decrease the amount of phishing email attacks against OU faculty and students.

The first security updates were implemented on March 9, which were a part of OU’s bigger plan to increase its security measures, according to its website. The changes were put into place after a recent round of phishing emails were being spread throughout the university.

OU saw over 300 email accounts compromised as a result of phishing during the week of Feb. 24, Bantz said. In what Bantz calls an “arms race,” staff spent over 1,000 hours working on blocking about 180,000 phishing emails.
The new sign-in page, along with the usage of Microsoft’s Safe Links, aims to reduce those numbers.
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“When an email recipient clicks a link, Safe Links scans the site and displays a warning message if the site tests positive or if it is on a list of known scam sites,” O’Malley said in an email.
Bantz said he suspects this will reduce phishing emails by 95 percent.
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