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An email message purporting to be from Apple Support, requesting that the recipient verify their account information, has been seen in several variations on campus.

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player that addresses multiple, critical vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to take control of an affected system. Microsoft has released an out-of-band patch for Adobe Flash Player when on all supported editions of Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10.

This phish is an example of how poorly most culprits have taken steps to disguise the message - it is often the case that phishing messages are originally drafted for another school or school district.

The OpenSSL development team published a security advisory regarding high-impact TLS/SSL vulnerabilities, which could allow an attacker to decrypt TLS sessions by using a server supporting legacy ciphers (CVE-2016-0800).

Another example of a common ploy to trick the recipient into clicking a link to a malicious website by claiming access to ITunes has been disabled.

The glibc (since version 2.9) DNS client side resolver is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when the getaddrinfo() library function is used. Software using this function may be remotely exploited with attacker-controlled domain names, attacker-controlled DNS servers, or through a man-in-the-middle attack.

An example of a common phishing ploy - a notice that your email password will expire, with a link to change the password that leads to a malicious website.

As the 2015 tax deadline approaches, tax scams are ratcheting up.  The IRS has reported an increase in tax scams, especially by phone.  Some of the most common scams involve con-artists who pretend to be from the IRS and call victims telling them they have to pay right now, or else. 

Don't believe it - the IRS has formal processes in place for people with tax issues, and angry harassing calls like these are not how the IRS does business.  The IRS will NEVER:

Another example of a phish that attempts to trick the user to click on a link to a malicious website by claiming their password will expire otherwise. This one purports to come from the IT-Service Help Desk.

Campus was the target of a phishing email purporting to be from the U.S. Dept of Labor and asking for users to update their employment records. Beware of emails with the subject line "Record Update".

Several people on campus fell for this phish, which directed the recipient to a fake CalNet login page where credentials were stolen. Beware of tax related phishing exploits, like this one, during this time of year.

This spear phishing attack was targeted to campus academic staff. The recipient was asked to share access to research articles, but the embedded link was routed to a fake CalNet login page.

This is a forgery example of a commonly used service provider, PayPal. The intent is to fool the recipient into clicking the link directed to a malware infected webpage.

A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Joomla versions 1.5.0 to version 2.4.5. Exploits for this vulnerability have been observed in the wild. Patches are available and users are advised to upgrade immediately.

This phishing message was forged to appear to come from the UCB Human Resources office. Beware of "URGENT" message from HR concerning "Your New Salary Notification".

A serious vulnerability in Apache Commons, a library that contains a widely used set of Java components maintained by the Apache Software Foundation, puts thousands of Java applications and servers at risk of remote code execution attacks.