What is phishing?

Phishing is a cybercrime in which attackers disguise fraudulent emails and websites as legitimate ones to trick you into entering sensitive information (e.g. personally identifiable data, usernames and passwords, or banking information) by clicking on a link or opening an attachment.

What do I do if I receive a phishing email?

• Don't enter any sensitive information or download any attachments from suspicious-looking emails. Nobody at the University of Derby will ask for your password or to send your password by email.

• If the email is in your junk mail folder and you haven't entered any sensitive information, you don't need to do anything.

Report the email by selecting the Report option from the ribbon at the top and select the appropriate option to Report Phishing or Report Junk

If you accidentally report a message as spam, go to your junk mail folder, select the email and click Report > Not Junk.