WFN are aware of attempts to defraud WFN members, trustees and the public by impersonating WFN personnel.
"Phishing" is the most common type of cyber attack that affects organisations like ours. Phishing attacks can take many forms, but ultimately it is for identity theft and getting you to share sensitive or personal information such as login credentials, credit card information, or bank account details, or asking you to transfer money.
These scams can be very convincing and are increasingly sophisticated and extremely easy to fall for because they appear to be from people you know or companies you have dealt with in the past and trust. The e-mails can be difficult to detect because they appear to be harmless, and have a normal, friendly tone or have no links or attachments, bypassing digital security measures such as spam filters, anti-virus and malware detection.
In general, we would advise:
Although the WFN maintain controls to help protect our networks and computers from cyber threats, it is not possible to police every phishing scam that appears. It is the responsibility of each one of us to ensure we remain vigilant and wary of phishing attempts and cyber threats.
If you've already responded to a suspicious message, we would advise that you take the following steps:
WFN are not responsible for spam and phishing email that you may receive. Any actions you decide to take is at your own risk and WFN cannot be held accountable for any losses, financial or otherwise, that may
Thank you again for helping to keep our network, and our people, safe from these cyber threats.
If you have any questions, please contact us at reportphishing@wfneurology.org.
Regards,