- NECC ITS | Information Technology Services
- (978) 556-3111
- servicedesk@necc.mass.edu
Activate 2-factor authentication.
Service ID: D203ZFVAHD7609
October 15, 2018Request to change Email address
October 19, 2018
Date Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 2:58 PM
Subject: Activate 2-factor authentication.
Sender: "Bookstore" bookstore@necc.mass.edu
Subject: Activate 2-factor authentication.
Sender: "Bookstore" bookstore@necc.mass.edu
Our University community has suffered from many phishing and scam attacks hereby exposing staff sensitive confidential information.Hence, Information technology service has initiated the two-factor authentication login method mandatory for all users.
What's new?
When ever a login attempt is made to your account, a verification code will be sent to your mobile phone to confirm its you login in.
Review www.necc.mass.edu/owa/client-services/2-factor-login to get started with this service
Note:- You are meant to login from your personal device to save your IP address in our database for more efficiency of this service
IT service will not be held responsible for any compromise of accounts that never keyed-in this service!
What's new?
When ever a login attempt is made to your account, a verification code will be sent to your mobile phone to confirm its you login in.
Review www.necc.mass.edu/owa/client-services/2-factor-login to get started with this service
Note:- You are meant to login from your personal device to save your IP address in our database for more efficiency of this service
IT service will not be held responsible for any compromise of accounts that never keyed-in this service!
What's wrong with this email?
1. This email came from a compromised internal NECC account. So while the email may look like it's from a genuine source, it is in fact a fraudulent phishing attempt.2. Multiple grammatical errors, phishing emails are often riddled with both grammar and punctuation mistakes.
3. Reference to our "university" - NECC is a college, not a university, legitimate emails would know the difference, especially internal emails.
4. The fact that the email for an ITS service is coming from the Bookstore and not ITS is another clear indication this is not a legitimate email.
4. If you hover (place your mouse pointer, but don't click) over the "www.necc.mass.edu/owa/client-services/2-factor-login" text, you'll see that the link they want you to click on will be taking you to https://camparimmati.ml/files/. You will see that the domain ends in ".ml" - this is a website based out of Mali, a large majority of phishing attempts come from websites based outside of the US.
