Phishing is an attempt to collect sensitive information, such as your campus username and password, to use for malicious purposes.
These 10 tips, brought to you by TechRepublic, will help you identify a phishing message:
For more information, visit the Tech Republic web page, "10 Tips for Spotting a Phishing Email," or contact the Information Security Office at infosec@csusm.edu.
You should never reply to any phishing messages, but if you did reply to the message, please go to https://www.csusm.edu/password and change your password immediately!
***Please note that we will never ask you to email us your password; no legitimate organization should do that.
In addition, you should forward any suspected phishing messages to abuse@csusm.edu.