Email security

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What is phishing ?

Phishing is a dishonest and potentially dangerous practice widespread on the internet. Via e-mail, or via forums, people send messages cheating on their identity, in order to obtain confidential data.This problem affects everyone and can have negative consequences for you ... but also for the UNIGE community.

If in doubt, do not respond to a suspicious email !

You will find in this website information about phishing and how to be careful about it.

Here are the recent phishing detected by the University of Geneva IT security team

Focus "How to detect a phishing mail?"

French version available here

How to identify a phishing ?	Send us the identified phishing cases !	Vicitim of a phishing ?
- If writing is an approximate translation or suspicious - If a request for confidential data is sent to you by email - If you are asked to click on a hyperlink that appears known - If the sender’s address is suspect - If the reply-to e-mail address (@ ..... ) is suspect	Be part of your colleagues and your own safety ! Signal any problem to : cad@unige.ch or (022 37)97000 By submitting a case of phishing (Windows or Mac) we will be able to disable it and inform others.	- Immediatly change your password ISIs : students : portail.unige.ch --> "Mon UNIGE" "Choisir mon nouveau mot de passe ISIs" employees : portail.unige.ch --> "Raccourcis applications" - "Changer mot de passe ISIs" - Contact the CAD (022 37)97000 to signal the problem

How to identify a phishing ?

Send us the identified phishing cases !

Vicitim of a phishing ?

- If writing is an approximate translation or suspicious

- If a request for confidential data is sent to you by email

- If you are asked to click on a hyperlink that appears known

- If the sender’s address is suspect

- If the reply-to e-mail address (@ ..... ) is suspect

Be part of your colleagues and your own safety !

Signal any problem to : cad@unige.ch or (022 37)97000

By submitting a case of phishing (Windows or Mac) we will

be able to disable it and inform others.

- Immediatly change your password ISIs :

students : portail.unige.ch --> "Mon UNIGE"
"Choisir mon nouveau mot de passe ISIs"
employees : portail.unige.ch
--> "Raccourcis applications" - "Changer mot de passe ISIs"

- Contact the CAD (022 37)97000 to signal the problem

Also available (in French):

Les pièces jointes suspectes...

Comment gérer les pièces jointes suspectes

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