As per the research performed by Kaspersky Lab, there has been nearly 1,000 phishing attempts hitting at least 131 universities in 16 countries over the last year. Researchers say that attackers are targeting users with fraudulent web pages that look identical to the university\u2019s official page. The only thing that distinguishes it from the original web page is a slightly different URL, which mostly is difficult to detect. Once a user clicks on the link, they are redirected to credentials-stuffing pages, and are asked to provide sensitive information, which includes university account credentials, IP addresses and location data. There were phishing pages mimicking the login pages of the University of Washington, Harvard Business School, and Stanford University.<\/p>\n
Collecting the IP addresses would enable cyber-criminals to circumvent anti-fraud systems \u201cby masquerading as account holders\u201d. Moreover, personal accounts on the university site would provide access to both general information as well as paid services and research results.<\/p>\n
The University of Washington (11.6% of attack attempts), Cornell University (6.8%) and the University of Iowa (5.1%) were top three targeted schools.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.infosecurity-magazine.com\/news\/multiple-phishing-campaigns-target\/<\/p>\n
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