• Voir en Computer Security: Phished 25 February, 2026 | ByComputer Security Office In mid-November, CERN was subjected to another phishing attack that tried to lure people to open a malicious link and provide their CERN credentials on a fake CERN Single Sign-On page. • While many of us detected and reported the scam, unfortunately up to 11.2% fell for the bait and potentially exposed their password. • But, luckily for them, this was just an exercise… So what did these phishing emails look like? • Like any other “standard” package of spam and scam emails that theCERN mail filtersblock on a daily basis, they looked innocent enough. • Or not, as they could all also be recognised as dodgy, weird, suspicious or just not for us. • They all came from a non-CERN domain, as can be seen in the “From” field of the email: “cofeesuppli3r.you”, “365mailserv.bk”, “kern.bz”, etc.

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  • In mid-November, CERN was subjected to another phishing attack that tried to lure people to open a malicious link and provide their CERN credentials on a fake CERN Single Sign-On page. While many of us detected and reported the scam, unfortunately up to 11.2% fell for the bait and potentially exposed their password. But, luckily for them, this was just an exercise… So what did these phishing emails look like? Like any other “standard” package of spam and scam emails that the CERN mail filters block on a daily basis, they looked innocent enough. Simple. Maybe credible. Or not, as they could all

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