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If you've received an unsolicited message containing a suspicious link or attachment, appears to be an attempt at grabbing your credentials or getting you to send money for something, there's something that we've got to do about it!  The technologies and algorithms used in attempting to scam people changes every day and we need to continue to be persistent in doing what we can to train our protection technologies so they can do better at protecting you!
 

Report The Suspicious Message To Â鶹´«Ã½'s Phishing Team For Analysis

Here at Â鶹´«Ã½, we have a team of dedicated experts who are ready to review that suspicious message for any potential threats.  The team will perform a variety of specialized tests to examine attachments, links, and other aspects of a message to make sure there is no potential for harm.  If there are any threats found from within, our engineers will perform some additional work directly with our email systems to immediately secure our environment from that specific threat!  To report messages to the team at Kent State, simply forward the questionable message to phish@kent.edu and one of our Engineers will begin their work.

Report Text or Voice Messages

Phishing messages delivered via text message or phone call can still be reported, though you will need to use different methods depending on which apps and service provider you are using. Popular apps include on Android devices and on iPhone.

Service providers may have their own spam filters, such as , , and . These can be used to proactively prevent smishing and vishing messages from reaching your device.

Report The Suspicious Message To Microsoft's Phishing Team For Analysis

If there is a threat that manages to make its way into your mailbox, you also have the opportunity to report the message in question directly with the systems at Microsoft.  This mechanism gives us the opportunity to directly train their systems to better protect O365 customers worldwide as those messages are processed through their Active Threat Protection Technology.  To report these messages to Microsoft, there is a button located directly on the message.