Security

February 3, 2026

Increased activity observed for Gmail abuse

Denison Security

Denison’s cybersecurity intelligence has observed a rise in malicious Gmail addresses being used in cyberattacks. While these email addresses are generally quickly shut down, it’s important to not engage with them and report suspicious behavior.

In many recent phishing messages received by Denison email accounts, the origination or reply address are bogus Gmail accounts.

If you receive an email purporting to be from a Denison user, ensure that the email address’s domain ends with denison.edu. Attackers often add components to an email address to make it look like it came from a Denison mailbox, even though it didn’t. For example, the email address adam.weinberg.denison.edu@gmail.com shouldn’t be trusted.

If you receive a suspicious email message, forward it to isitsafe@denison.edu to report it as phishing.

Denison aims to promote the use of inclusive language. While we value the use of inclusive language, terms that are outside of Denison's direct influence are sometimes required for the sake of maintaining user understanding. As other join Denison in embracing the use of inclusive language, Denison will continue to update the documentation to reflect those changes.

Denison Service Desk

Contact the Service Desk by email, phone, or on the Self-Service Portal. You can also find them in Fellows Hall.

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