{"id":1362,"date":"2025-10-21T09:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:52:13","slug":"phishing-from-10-21-2025-university-of-puget-sound-2025-compensation-and-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/the-phish-tank\/1362","title":{"rendered":"Phishing from 10\/21\/2025: &#8220;University of Puget Sound 2025 Compensation and Benefits&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Original Phishing Message<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From: <\/strong>Robert F. Kirsch &lt;rfk3[@]case[.]edu><br><strong>Subject: <\/strong>University of Puget Sound 2025 Compensation and Benefits<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensatino-phish-1-1024x410.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensatino-phish-1-1024x410.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensatino-phish-1-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensatino-phish-1-768x307.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensatino-phish-1.png 1202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Where did the link lead?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The link in the email opened a PDF file stored on Google Drive that contained a secondary link. Many phishing emails abuse legitimate file-sharing services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensation-link-1-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensation-link-1-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensation-link-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensation-link-1-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensation-link-1-1440x720.png 1440w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensation-link-1.png 1458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The link in the PDF went to a Google Form, which asked for your password. Never submit passwords in a form. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensation-link-2-1024x673.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensation-link-2-1024x673.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensation-link-2-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensation-link-2-768x504.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/files\/2025\/10\/10-21-25-compensation-link-2.png 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Tips for Detection<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Notice that the email did not come from a pugetsound.edu email address. Legitimate emails from Human Resources will come from a pugetsound.edu email address. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you are unsure about whether the link is legitimate, know that you can access your compensation and benefits overview through myPugetSound. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The email with only a link is suspicious. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original Phishing Message From: Robert F. Kirsch &lt;rfk3[@]case[.]edu>Subject: University of Puget Sound 2025 Compensation and Benefits Where did the link lead? The link in the email opened a PDF file stored on Google Drive that contained a secondary link. Many phishing emails abuse legitimate file-sharing services. The link in the PDF went to a Google [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":1364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-1362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-phish-tank","tag-phishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1367,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362\/revisions\/1367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}