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.

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.