Cybersecurity Awareness

This phony email was sent impersonating a UC Berkeley administrative department. It was attempting to get users to click with a bogus $2,250 financial bonus for eligible faculty and staff.

What makes this a phishing message?

The sender is not an @berkeley.edu sender and the login page is NOT an official CalNet CAS page.

This targeted phishing scam uses financial motivation and curiosity to attempt to get campus affiliates to send their usernames, emails, and passwords.

Tips if Something Seems Off: You will never be asked to enter your credentials into any non UCB page...

This is a fraudulent offer for a remote assistant position. The scammer will impersonate a real UCB professor or department and try to take the conversation offline to a 'personal email' address.

Common bogus email subject lines include:

'Approved Part - Time Job ( Offer For Staffs & Students )'

'VIRTUAL PERSONAL ASSITANT JOB (REMOTE)'

'**NEW INTERNSHIP OFFER**'

'Internship Opportunities at University of California, Berkeley'

'Research Assistant Position'

What makes this a phishing message?...

This fake email was sent to a number of teaching faculty members, alerting them falsely that they were exposed to a student in class with Covid.

What makes this a phishing message?

This targeted phishing scam pretending to be a UC WarnMe Health alert.

This targeted phishing scam uses urgency and fear to cause the recipients to act, the text is also very well done and the non-UCB link is obscured.

Tips if Something Seems Off:

UC Berkeley Help Desks will NEVER initiate contact directly via text to personal cell phone numbers.

Although the link is obscured, it...