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  • A woman carefully reviews a potentially fraudulent message on her mobile phone.

    Phishing 101: How to identify and report a phishing attempt

    July 14, 2025

  • Advisory

    Notification regarding Dell laptop vulnerabilities

    August 8, 2025

    Advisory

    Notification regarding Dell laptop vulnerabilities

    August 8, 2025

  • One student holding a tablet while another student looks at the screen.

    Phishing scams are on the rise — here’s how to protect your accounts

    June 26, 2025

    One student holding a tablet while another student looks at the screen.

    Phishing scams are on the rise — here’s how to protect your accounts

    June 26, 2025

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Digital Trust Dispatch

The Digital Trust Dispatch explores key topics in cyber security, privacy and responsible data management to help you navigate the digital world with confidence. Stay informed on best practices, emerging threats and practical tips to protect your information online.

Phish Bowl

The Phish Bowl features examples of real phishing emails to help you identify and report suspicious emails. If you have received a suspicious email, report it and delete it from your inbox.

Advisories

The Incident Response team sends advisories about security vulnerabilities to U of T’s technical staff. If you have questions or concerns, contact security.response@utoronto.ca.

External news

Read a collection of additional cyber security news from external websites.

Hack at Columbia hits 870K people

Aug. 12, 2025

LLM and gen AI data security best practices

July 18, 2025

Rowhammer attack on NVIDIA GPUs with GDDR6 DRAM (University of Toronto)

July 16, 2025

The cyber threats to watch in 2025, and other cybersecurity news to know this month

June 3, 2025

Android malware Crocodilus adds fake contacts to spoof trusted callers

June 3, 2025

AI video just took a startling leap in realism. Are we doomed?

May 29, 2025

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