{"id":261,"date":"2009-12-10T16:21:34","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T16:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/?p=261"},"modified":"2009-12-10T16:21:34","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T16:21:34","slug":"holiday-email-greeting-cards-bring-infections-as-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2009\/12\/10\/holiday-email-greeting-cards-bring-infections-as-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Email Greeting Cards Bring Infections as Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During this month of holidays, you can be sure that you\u2019ll be receiving greeting cards from malicious entities.\u00a0 The Swarthmore community has already been receiving emails, like the one below, containing links to retrieve a holiday greeting card that someone so <em>thoughtfully <\/em>sent (note the spelling errors):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-269\" title=\"Fake Hallmark Card\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fake_halllmark.jpg\" alt=\"Fake Hallmark Card\" width=\"498\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fake_halllmark.jpg 622w, https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fake_halllmark-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fake_halllmark-89x60.jpg 89w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the sender is someone intent on breaking into <strong>your <\/strong>system.  Clicking on the links above will download a program that subsequently infects your system allowing remote control and access to <strong>your <\/strong>(and the College\u2019s) personal data.<\/p>\n<p>As a general rule, <strong>NEVER <\/strong>click on attachments that you\u2019re not expecting -or- URL links to <strong>off-campus<\/strong> web sites.  If you receive any email with links that you feel like you \u201cmust\u201d click, please go ahead and forward it over to ITS first.  We can take a look at the email and let you know if it\u2019s safe to click away.<\/p>\n<p>Also, specific to Hallmark email greeting cards, they provide some <a title=\"Hallmark E-Card Fraud Alert\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hallmark.com\/webapp\/wcs\/stores\/servlet\/article|10001|10051|\/HallmarkSite\/LegalInformation\/FAQ_ECARD_FRAUD_ALERT\" target=\"_blank\">tips on their site<\/a> to help determine whether the received card is genuine.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the holidays but be vigilant!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During this month of holidays, you can be sure that you\u2019ll be receiving greeting cards from malicious entities.\u00a0 The Swarthmore community has already been receiving emails, like the one below, containing links to retrieve a holiday greeting card that someone so thoughtfully sent (note the spelling errors): Unfortunately, the sender is someone intent on breaking into your system. Clicking on the links above will download a program that subsequently infects your system allowing remote control and access to your (and the College\u2019s) personal data. As a general rule, NEVER click on attachments that you\u2019re not expecting -or- URL links to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2009\/12\/10\/holiday-email-greeting-cards-bring-infections-as-gifts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Holiday Email Greeting Cards Bring Infections as Gifts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email","category-security","has-post-thumbnail","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph2nPL-4d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions\/276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}