Football tickets are one of the main things LSU students are constantly looking for during the fall semester.

Whether it’s asking for tickets on social media or scouring SeatGeek for the cheapest prices, someone is always looking for a ticket.

However, many scammers create phishing ticket links that trick students into sharing their information.

LSU’s Computer Science Professor Phani Vadrevu explains how easily students can get scammed.

“The human element is that when someone’s desperate, their defense levels sort of go down,” Vadrevu said.

“From normal state [to] where you are greedy [and] you want to make sure, then your defenses sort of drop down.”

Links like these can steal your personal information, including your credit card details, passwords, and banking information.

This month is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and cyber threats emerge daily through emails, links, and AI-generated videos.

Studies show that 73% of people experienced an online scam or attack in 2025. People can avoid cyber threats by using password managers.

“We should no longer be memorizing passwords; we use password managers and each password manager [generates] a random password, and that’s very important because if a password is randomly generated, it’s much harder for people to guess it,” Vadrevu said.

To avoid cyber threats, do not open any unknown links or give out personal information.