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HCCC Cybersecurity Center Cybersecurity Events
June 24, 2024
The following email is a scam. Please report it using the PhishAlert button or spamFREEHUDSONCOUNTYCOMMUNITYCOLLEGE. If you’ve interacted with the call, contact the Help Desk immediately.
May 2, 2024
The "Disposal of a Grand Piano" email is a scam. Do not communicate with the sender or the email address in the body of the message. This is a scam designed to trick you out of your hard-earned money.
There are a few red flags in the message:
If you’ve interacted with the call, contact the Help Desk immediately.
April 26, 2024
Several HCCC staff have received phone calls from "1-424-389-4274". This is likely a spoofed phone number. The caller stated that they were conducting a survey. They asked for the individual's Date of Birth. You should not provide your Date of Birth or other private information to callers over the phone unless you've verified who they are and their need for the information. If you’ve interacted with the call, contact the Help Desk immediately.
April 17, 2024
If you have received an email from Ronald Evans about job opportunities, these are
scams. If you clicked on the link, your account has been compromised. Please contact
the Help Desk if you have interacted with either of these. Please note that individual students and staff are not authorized to send out job
opportunity notices. For legitimate job opportunities, refer to Career Services and HR.
April 15, 2024
If you have received the attached email please report it with Phish Alert or delete it. If you’ve interacted with the link, contact the Help Desk immediately.
Phishing generally consists of a link in your email which leads to a fake form or login page.
Cybercrime includes spam, viruses, denial of service attacks, malware (Malicious code), fraud, identity theft, and social engineering attacks.
If you receive a questionable email in your HCCC account, please report it to ITS by forwarding the message to spamFREEHUDSONCOUNTYCOMMUNITYCOLLEGE or use the Phish Alert button in your email. As with all email, if you doubt the contents of a message, call or text the sender and verify that they sent it intentionally.
Though evidence is not always needed when reporting a cybercrime, it is important to keep all records relating to your complaint. Items that should be preserved include:
If you are the victim of a cybercrime, you should report the situation as soon as you find out about it. There are several resources available to you.
New Jersey residents are encouraged to report all cyber incidents to the NJCCIC's
Cyber Liaison Officers:
Email: njccic@cyber.nj.gov
Phone: 866-4-SAFE-NJ or 211
Website: https://www.cyber.nj.gov/report/
For more information on how the NJCCIC can help New Jersey's cyberattack victims,
visit the NJCCIC's website at:
https://www.cyber.nj.gov/
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) operates the Consumer Sentinel, a secure online database used by civil and law enforcement
agencies worldwide to expose patterns of cybercrime. You can file a complaint at:
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
In cases of identity theft, call the FTC hotline at 1-877-IDTHEFT or visit:
https://identitytheft.gov
Regardless of whether the cybercrime takes place over multiple jurisdictions, your local police department must take a formal report and refer the case to other agencies, when appropriate. Some local agencies have departments that focus specifically on cybercrime.
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center. IC3 reviews complaints related to cybercrime and refers them to the appropriate agencies.
You can file a complaint online at:
https://www.ic3.gov/
The Better Business Bureau investigates disagreements between businesses and customers.
You can file a complaint online at:
https://www.bbb.org/file-a-complaint
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigates fraudulent online auctions and other cases involving the mail.
You can file a complaint online at:
https://www.uspis.gov/
Attackers use different methods of deception as phishing strategies. They create fake messages and websites, that imitate the original ones. With their help, they will try to lure you into handing over your personal information. The messages will ask you to reply to them, follow a link included in the message or download an attachment. The communication appears to be initiated by a legitimate person or company. Famous phishing attacks imitate messages from financial institutions, government agencies, online retailers and services, social networks, or even from a friend or colleague.
To make phishing look genuine, attackers include photos and information from the original website. They may even redirect you to the company’s website and collect the data through a false pop-up window. Or it can happen the other way around: the attacker first requests your personal data, then redirects you to the real website. Other times, the message tells you that you have been targeted by a scam and that you urgently need to update your information in order to keep your account safe.
Fraudulent emails and scams that relate to job opportunities and work study.
For legitimate job postings, visit Job Opportunities.
You can also visit Career Services for Students for additional resources.