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services:accounts:security_password [2012/04/26 17:07] marina [SECURITY WARNING ABOUT PASSWORD / e-mail phishing] |
services:accounts:security_password [2013/05/21 12:01] marina [SECURITY WARNING ABOUT PASSWORD / e-mail phishing] |
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====== SECURITY WARNING ABOUT PASSWORD / e-mail phishing ====== | ====== SECURITY WARNING ABOUT PASSWORD / e-mail phishing ====== | ||
- | If you receive any e-mail asking for your password (please remember that the "//From://" header can be easily forged), it is surely a swindle(fraud/scam)/e-mail phishing. \\ | + | If you receive any e-mail asking for your password, it is surely a swindle(fraud/scam)/e-mail phishing. \\ |
So please inform us as soon as possible by forwarding | So please inform us as soon as possible by forwarding | ||
the suspect e-mail to [[helpdesk@sissa.it]], then delete it. \\ | the suspect e-mail to [[helpdesk@sissa.it]], then delete it. \\ | ||
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+ | :!: Please remember that the** "//From://" header can be easily forged**.:!:\\ | ||
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- | **NEVER SEND ANY PASSWORD BY E-MAIL** independently by who is asking.\\ | + | 1. ** NEVER SEND ANY PASSWORD BY E-MAIL** independently by whoever is asking.\\ |
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- | **NEVER OPEN LINKS FROM UNTRUSTED E-MAILS, particularly regarding your SISSA username & password** | + | 2. ** NEVER OPEN LINKS FROM UNTRUSTED E-MAILS, particularly regarding your SISSA username & password** |
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Keep in mind that neither banks nor **our computer staff members will never ask by e-mail for your password** !!! \\ | Keep in mind that neither banks nor **our computer staff members will never ask by e-mail for your password** !!! \\ | ||
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- | **The ONLY OFFICIAL PAGES to CHANGE your SISSA password are: **\\ | + | **The ONLY OFFICIAL PAGE to CHANGE your SISSA password is: https://password.sissa.it/**\\ |
- | **https://people.sissa.it/password.php** or **http://password.sissa.it/**\\ | + | |
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* then send an e-mail to: [[helpdesk@sissa.it]] giving us any information about it (so we can check if someone has used your account illegally). | * then send an e-mail to: [[helpdesk@sissa.it]] giving us any information about it (so we can check if someone has used your account illegally). | ||
- | ==== Golden rules about passwords === | + | === Golden rules about passwords == |
* Your password has to contain a mix of letters, numbers and special characters such as !@#$%^&*,; | * Your password has to contain a mix of letters, numbers and special characters such as !@#$%^&*,; |