phishing – KCS Technology Department

Beware of scammers!

Posted on March 16, 2021 by collinsr

It seems that every month or so some scammer on the internet gets the bright idea of send emails to staff members. The scammer usually tries to impersonate a principal or the superintendent. This scamming technique is called a phishing attack. The attacker will try to get you to do something, and make it seems […]

Google’s phishing warnings in Gmail

Posted on March 29, 2018 by collinsr

I’ve been asked about a warning showing up in Gmail that looks like this: It is part of Google’s anti-phishing campaign to warn Gmail users when an email may not be what it claims. In this case, Public Schoolworks sends out informational emails with Mrs. Penczarski’s name attached to it. Since Gmail hasn’t seen an […]