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Hook, line and sinker

A well-known proverb claims:
"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."

We won't be changing our newsletter topics from tech to tackle or start publishing articles on angling. We have bigger fish to fry.

   
How to recognise
a phishing e-mail

We can't warn you against every phishing e-mail – there's a new variation every day. You are the only person who can protect yourself from phishing scams and identity theft.
Spam = blocked accounts
A fast-spreading spam e-mail caused problems on campus last week. Some students and staff clicked on a malicious link in a phishing e-mail and subsequently gave a hacker access to their Outlook cloud e-mail accounts.
Vishing, smishing or phishing?
By now we know what phishing is, but vishing and smishing? Marie Keyworth, business reporter at BBC World Service, explains how these social engineering schemes are costing the business sector millions every year.
   
   
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