Over the past few years, Colorado State University has seen an increase in the number of phishing scams and cybersecurity attacks targeting students and faculty and their personal data.
According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Computer Security Resource Center website, which is a United States government resource on cybersecurity, phishing is defined as a scam where attackers pose as a trusted source to trick people into giving up sensitive information like passwords and bank account numbers.
“What makes them so dangerous is that they’re getting more and more sophisticated. Students just don’t know exactly what a phishing email is, what the signs are to look for them (and) they don’t know the red flags. They are just kind of blindsided.” -Sienna Arellano, CSU System IT intern…