Scam emails claim that an explicit video featuring the recipient will be leaked unless a ransom is paid.

Department of Psychology needs the services of students to work remotely as research assistants and gets paid weekly.

​​​​​​​We urgently require the services  of  students  to  fill the position of Research assistants on a part time basis and get  paid $350  weekly. The position can be  served remotely and materials needed  to  work with will  be  provided  by the  department .

Review following security advisories related to recent job scams at UCLA and stay secure.

Avoid mobile deposit scams.

We'd like to raise awareness about a serious vulnerability with Google Chrome and Chromium based browsers such as Microsoft Edge. Please see the details below. In short, all affected users need to update and restart the browser to resolve the vulnerability.

Spear phishing attempt is a carefully crafted personalized email that is usually sent with an attachment or requests a response. The fraudster then tries to entice the recipient to open the infected attachment or respond with personal information.

We have reports from faculty and staff who have been recipients of a new twist on an old e-mail scam. These phishing scams often come from a non-UCLA email address with poor spelling/grammar.

You should never click a link or call back the number from an unexpected delivery notice.

UCLA Information Security Office is aware of UCLA students being targeted by fake job offer scams.

Wednesday afternoon, many employees received an email with the subject line “A new version of Burst report is available” along with an attached document. We can assure you that this was not a cyberattack but the result of a mistake during the testing of a new report distribution.