Phishing Attempt to S&T emails

A phishing email attempted to impersonate a Missouri S&T email today (Monday, March 27). The subject line reads “Attached for mst.edu – Invoice Due Date on March 27 2023” and the email appears to be from an icloud.com email addressed impersonating a different username. Do not respond or click the attachment. Attachments are used to try and bypass security protection measures. Please delete the email as this phishing attempt has been reported to IT Security. Please note the email originated from an external source and contains warning message in the body of the email. Always verify the sender and that it is a trusted source before opening any links or attachments. All students, faculty and staff are reminded to exercise a healthy skepticism when receiving suspicious emails and follow the proper process to report spam and phishing attempts. IT thanks the many S&T students, faculty and staff who properly reported the phishing attack and did not click the link or enter their information. For assistance or to check the validity of this message, please contact the IT Help Desk by calling 341-4357 (HELP) or submitting a ticket online at help.mst.edu.