Cyber Security Alerts & Notifications
Cyber security alerts and notifications provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and threats. If you are a B.C. Public Service employee and believe your system may be compromised or at risk, please contact the 7-7000 Service Desk via email or phone 1-866-660-0811, option 3.
Reminder: Spoofing Emails
Many modern phishing attempts use the names and emails of your contacts and business partners to try and fool you. Use these tips to avoid falling for these scams.
- Carefully inspect all emails, even if it appears to be coming from someone you know.
- Be vigilant and safe whenever you see links or attachments in your emails.
- If you suspect that spam emails are being spoofed to look like they are from someone you know, contact that person through a different channel (phone, in-person, lync) and let them know.
- If you suspect that someone is spoofing emails to look like they are from you, check in with your contacts and see if they have received anything suspicious.
- Make sure to report spoofing emails to SecurityInvestigations@gov.bc.ca.
Phishing Emails
The emails (subject line) listed below have been deemed as malicious and should be deleted immediately. If you have received a suspicious email that is not listed below, please report the email by sending it as an attachment:
March 18, 2019: Help Desk-Government of British Columbia: Incident for Monday 18th{ac682ec6-49a3-11e9-80f2-005056ae7d30}
March 15, 2019: CPWorker2 mars 15, 2019 FACTURE
March 13, 2019: Kindly review the attached
March 12, 2019: Security alert
March 12, 2019: Your bank returned the Direct Deposit Service debit
March 12, 2019: Intuit: DDS Debit Failed
March 11, 2019: [[Subject Line is recipient email]]
March 9, 2019: Your Services will be discontinued
March 8, 2019: 16542SCAN
March 7, 2019: RBC Royal Bank: Suspicious Login Detected 25952 (19 KB)
March 4, 2019: March 4, 2019: Account Verification Required
February 28, 2018: RBC Royal Bank: Suspicious Login Detected (follows by a series of five random numbers)
February 26, 2019: NOTICE: from IT Help Desk
February 26, 2019: E-service system update
February 25, 2019: Netflix: payment was not authorized. (followed by a series of six random numbers)
February 25, 2019: News Release: 3BEBF4E8D6
February 22, 2019: ICT Service Support
February 21, 2019: Netflix: -Payment Failed%
February 19, 2019: account problem
February 19, 2019: accounts yomppoong
February 19, 2019: important message
February 19, 2019: accounts pob
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February 15, 2019: Your Amazon Order (followed by a series of random numbers)
February 13, 2019: [[contact name here]] Outstanding Payment
February 13, 2019: [[contractor name here]] Déclarations/Factures prêtes Pour visualiser
February 12, 2019: Facture Ventes 0-176055 à partir de Baby
February 12, 2019: Facture 126629 [[name inserted here]] pour la commande : O106592
February 12, 2019: IT Syetem Support
February 12, 2019: Cedar Creek - Matt LeBourdais outstanding invoice
February 11, 2019: Your Citibank, N.A. Account Has Been Suspended
February 8, 2019: SUSPICIOUS e-mail : Cedar Creek - Matt LeBourdais outstanding invoice
February 7, 2018: Warning Message! Important Microsoft Services Agreement. pdf (120 KB)
February 4, 2019: Rappel de paiement
February 3, 2019: We are Sorry For Telling You That We Will Disable Your Account…..
February 1, 2019: SVP voir attachement
February 1, 2019: Account On Hold (malicious emails referencing Netflix)
February 1, 2019: Your attenq@gov.bc.ca account is on Hold
January 30, 2019: Fracture pour servicesa
January 30, 2019: Your Debit account is suspended due to BMO major Terms are being changed. (16KB) (the URL within the email is a malicious login page)
January 30, 2019: 
Confirmation029820.xlsm(22KB) (malicious attachment)
January 30, 2019: FW: tbc.gov.bc.ca Domain Server! Verification required forecp@tbc.gov.bc.ca (attached email link is malicious)
January 30, 2019: Your AT&T Wireless bill is ready to view (downloads a malicious URL link)
January 28, 2019: Your Invoice Jan 29 2019 (17KB)
January 25, 2019: Legal action statement
January 24, 2019: Bank Email Notice
January 24, 2019: Acct No. X818856: Your Invoice From Doug McRae is Attached
January 24, 2019: ACH Batch Pending
January 24, 2019: Partnership
January 23, 2019: Your order of 6 x Rollover Small Gourmet...
January 23, 2019: You had been invited to the law court owing to crime commitment
January 22, 2019: Confirmation # NNNNNNAA (where 'N' indicates random numbers and ‘A’ indicates random letters)
January 22, 2019: Notification de facture électronique - janvier 22, 2019
January 22, 2019: Facture de Nichols
January 18, 2019: Please review and take action.......FW: Fracture (another Malicious Word Doc)
January 18, 2019: Please review and take action.......FW: Fracture (Malicious Word Doc)
January 17, 2019: FW: CIBC Verification
January 16, 2019: Please send copy invoice
January 16, 2019: Your order 104-1216634-0610777 (The “order invoice” link attempts to download a malicious .DOC file)
January 16, 2019: Your Amazon.com order...
January 16, 2019: Your order 117-0012646-0793386 has shipped
January 15, 2019: Your Amazon.ca order of in-Ear Noise-isolating TNSO... (The attached email has a phishing link that points to a malicious website.)
January 14, 2019: Paid order № p3418149 details and shipment information
December 27, 2018: Order #181-2464126-0722088 details + Order #125-4842321-0025392
December 20, 2018: ACH
December 20, 2018: FW: Your Amazon.com order...
December 18, 2018: Amazon Order…..
December 17, 2018: FW: Alert Reminder - 15. December - (Ticket N° 84517582545)
December 17, 2018: FW: Order #183-2451464-0893858
December 13, 2018: REC: Action required.
December 12, 2018: FW: Payment email 5745340
December 12, 2018: Es ist Zeit zu kaufen: Globale Märkte warten auf selbstbewusste Händler
December 4, 2018: IRS Tax Account Transcript (14 KB) Attachment: "Tax Account Transcript.doc" (Attachment contains a Word Macro Trojan downloader)
December 4, 2018: Attachment Word Doc: Verification of Non-filing Letter.doc (80 KB) (attachment contains malicious Trojan)
December 3, 2018: Attachment: Invoice_No_P899002.doc (Attachment is a Trojan Word Macro downloader)
December 3, 2018: Attachment: Sans_titre_86338178.doc (Attachment is a Trojan Word Macro downloader)
December 3, 2018: Your Account will expire Soon (21 KB)
November 30, 2018: Confirmation de paiement
November 29, 2018: Your CM Amazon coupon!
November 28, 2018: Account Notification (17KB posing as netflix)
November 28, 2018: Copie de facture
November 27, 2018: Re: Fw: Revised Invoice
November 27, 2018: Canada's Next Iron Madam
November 26, 2018: Failed Login (Royal bank)
November 21, 2018: RESPONSE REQUIRED: gov.bc.ca Citizen Comment
November 21, 2018: Online Alert.
November 21, 2018: Online Notification
November 19, 2018: FW: {Invoice due}
November 18, 2018: Payment Due
November 18, 2018: Investment funding opportunity
November 16, 2018: Synchronization Error Notification
November 15, 2018: Re: # [Subscription Statement Account] Your Tido been applied
November 14, 2018: New Email (104 KB) (Probable Phishing Email)
November 14, 2018: (NOTICE-7255551801) User Roles Waiting For Approval (24 KB) (Message and Attachment are Malicious)
November 14, 2018: Urgent (Message and Attachment are a Trojan Downloader)
November 14, 2018: Bounced Payment (Message and Attachment are a Trojan Downloader)
November 14, 2018: Law Suit (Message and Attachment are a Trojan Downloader)
November 8, 2018: Invoice #771
November 6, 2018: Online statement ready to view
November 1, 2018: Hello (Phishing email related to purchase of iTunes gifts cards)
Security Alerts
September 25, 2018 - Apple Security Updates
September 21, 2018 - Cisco Security Advisory
September 21, 2018 - Google Chrome Security Update
September 21, 2018 - ICS Security Advisory for BIND
September 20, 2018 - Adobe Security Bulletins
September 20, 2018 - Cisco Security Updates
September 18, 2018 - NUUO NVRMini2 Security Update
September 18, 2018 - Apple Security Updates
September 12, 2018 - Microsoft Security Updates
September 12, 2018 - Google Releases Security Update for Chrome
September 12, 2018 - Adobe Security Bulletins
September 7, 2018 - Mozilla Security Advisory
September 6, 2018 - Google Releases Security Update for Chrome
September 5, 2018 - Cisco Security Updates
August 29, 2018 - Cisco Security Advisory
August 22, 2018 - Adobe Security Bulletin
August 22, 2018 - Apache Struts Security Update
August 22, 2018 - Apache Tomcat Security Updates
August 16, 2018 - Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates
August 15, 2018 - Cisco Security Advisories
August 15, 2018 - Adobe Security Bulletins
August 15, 2018 - SAP Security Updates
August 15, 2018 - Samba Security Updates
August 15, 2018 - VMware Security Advisories
August 15, 2018 - Intel Security Advisory
August 15, 2018 - Microsoft Security Updates
August 14, 2018 - Oracle Security Alert
August 9, 2018 - ISC Releases Security Advisory for BIND
August 9, 2018 - VMware Security Advisory
August 8, 2018 - HP Security Updates
August 8, 2018 - Delta Electronics CNCSoft and ScreenEditor Vulnerabilities
August 8, 2018 - Mozilla Security Update
August 7, 2018 - Linux and FreeBSD Kernel Vulnerability
August 3, 2018 - Drupal Security Advisory
August 1, 2018 - Cisco Security Updates
July 25, 2018 - Google Releases Security Update for Chrome
July 24, 2018 - Apache Tomcat Security Update
July 24, 2018 - PHP Security Updates
July 18, 2018 - Cisco Security Updates
July 18, 2018 - Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory
July 16, 2018 - VMware Security Advisory
July 13, 2018 - Juniper Security Bulletins
July 11, 2018 - Cisco Security Updates
July 11, 2018 - Adobe Security Bulletins
July 10, 2018 - Intel Security Update
July 10, 2018 - Microsoft Security Updates
July 10, 2018 - Apple Security Updates
July 9, 2018 - Apple Security Updates
July 6, 2018 - WordPress Security Update
July 4, 2018 - Mozilla Security Update
July 3, 2018 - VMware Security Advisory
