You clicked on a link from a phishing email

This sort of phishing campaign can be run by a fairly unsophisticated attacker with a gmail account and a web site.  This attack would be used to redirect you to a fake login page or simply bring you to a site loaded with malware and either try to trick you into downloading something or try to exploit your browser into running malicious code.

Key defenses:

• Checking the source of the email.  All official communications will come from a real @unco.edu account. 
• Spotting the message at the bottom which indicates that the message originated outside of UNC and caution should be taken.

 What else can I do to protect myself? Enroll in our multifactor authentication program.  This will give you a second layer of defense in the event that your account credentials are compromised.  For more information: https://www.unco.edu/cybersecurity/