IT Security Notice: Phishing and suspicious links  

Please be advised that the current global situation has resulted in heightened concerns and activity related to cyber security.

The IT Security Team is actively reviewing sites and related alerts brought to our attention and are taking appropriate action. To aid in our ongoing efforts to protect our network please:

• Be cautious before your click on a link to a website
• Before you add a website link to a message and share with Colleagues, ensure it is a trusted site
• If you have any concerns with links, websites and / or receive an alert, or receive any suspicious emails, please contact or forward to: is-spam@mcmaster.ca
• Security concerns/incidents can be sent here: c-it-security@mcmaster.ca

If you would like to review how to identify suspicious links you can review the Phishing resources at Phishing – Information Technology Security (mcmaster.ca)

Thank you for your ongoing support and vigilance to Information Security.