Read Error Messages and Checkboxes
by Neal Fisch in awareness, data security, phishing scams, tips 0
When you
see an error message pop up on the screen, read it! You may not understand
everything, but if you look through the message, you can get what the message is trying to convey. Hackers
can sometimes generate errors to collect everything you type and everything
that comes up on your screen. If you don't understand the error, at least
capture the error screen. To do that, hold down the shift key and press the key
labeled "Print Screen" or "PrtSc". That will put the screen
into short-term storage called the clipboard. Then open an e-mail message, right
click on the message body and select "paste". Now you can print it or
send it to the help desk (helpdesk@csuci.edu) for further analysis.
