Teach.Learn.Collaborate: January 2017

Friday, January 20, 2017

Avoid This Gmail Phishing Scam

Please read the summary below about a Gmail phishing scam aimed at stealing your Gmail username and password and how to avoid it. Link to the full article

Like other phishing attacks, this one starts with an email. Instead of a random person, the email may appear to have been sent by someone you know, and it may include an image of an attachment you recognize from the sender.

To protect yourself against this attack, you will need to pay close attention to your browser's location bar when you're signing into Gmail. The location bar should read "https://accounts.google.com…." and if you see this and only this, you should be good to go. In this attack, the address in the location bar will include "data:text/html," before the usual "https://accounts.google.com….".

Google Accounts Phishing Scam Address Bar

If ever you feel your account has been compromised, please change your password right away, and as always, please reach out if you have any questions.

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Intro to the Google Migration/Copy - What to Expect

Click here to read the 'Supdate announcement for important information about the May 1 Gmail and Google Calendar migration.

Please be aware that during the transition period, Outlook items will be copied into your Gmail folders. As a result, you will automatically see things show up in Gmail during this period. Please don't delete anything from the new folders until after we are fully integrated with Gmail on May 1^st.