WHAT'S HAPPENING?
There are emails that are being circulated, an example of which is below, that appear to come from @cc.gatech.edu email addresses directing users to follow a link. These are not legitimate emails.


WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?
If you receive an email like this, do not click on the links. If a phishing or spam email makes its way into your inbox, please forward it according to the directions at http://support.cc.gatech.edu/support-tools/faq/what-should-i-do-when-i-receive-spam-or-phishing-email to improve the accuracy of GT's filters.

You can learn to recognize phishing emails. They frequently contain poor grammar and unusual wording. Sometimes they will use a legitimate-looking email address, but they don't always. In some cases, there is a mismatch between the name and the email address in the From field. However, these are not always present. The tell-tale sign is to check without clicking the links to see where they point to. Phishing emails want you to visit a site with an unusual URL that has nothing to do with the sender. In the example below, the original links point to a site unrelated to the purported sender.


-----Original Message-----
> From: Administrator [mailto:<REMOVED>@cc.gatech.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 8:56 AM
> To: Rutherford, Dawn
> Subject: [BULK] You have a new encrypted message from
>    <REMOVED>@cc.gatech.edu
>
> You have received an encrypted message from
>    <REMOVED>@cc.gatech.edu. The sender intended for the message
>    contents to be secured by using the Barracuda Email Encryption
>    Service.  You can retrieve the message from the Barracuda Networks
>    Message Center.The link to this secure message will expire in 24
>    hours. If you would  like to save a copy of the email or
>    attachment, please save from the  opened encrypted email. If an
>    attachment is included, you will be given  the option to download a
>    copy of the attachment  to your computer.To view your secure
>    message,  click here.