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“Virtual job-Fair” Impersonation Job Scams

Another Twist On The Basic "Work-At-Home" Scam

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has seen more similar reports of a scammer using compromised UMBC accounts and claiming to be the Online employment coordinator for career and talent...

Posted: May 10, 2021, 10:09 PM

Scammers Using WhatsApp

Scammers Don't Use Just Email

Recently the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has seen scammers asking students to use WhatsApp as a way to communicate. This article will go over some tips to help report and spot...

Posted: May 10, 2021, 10:06 PM

Phishing Scam - Fake Email Spoofing the UMBC Registrar

Plesae Be Alert! This Is Not From The Registrar!

UMBC’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has received reports of a fairly sophisticated phishing attack appearing to come from the Registrar’s office. Mail Headers: From:...

Posted: May 10, 2021, 10:03 PM

Significant Extension of HPCF CPU Cluster taki

Thank 10 faculty from 9 departments for 17 new CPU nodes!

Dear Researchers, Colleagues, and Students, We are happy to share the news that HPCF is able to extend the CPU cluster in taki by 17 new nodes. DoIT has placed the purchase order last week....

Posted: May 6, 2021, 2:09 PM

Legacy Pulse VPN suffers fatal hardware failure

Legacy Pulse VPN may not recover from most recent failure

The legacy Pulse VPN has suffered a hardware failure and may not be recoverable. To access campus resources remotely please use the GlobalProtect VPN. Instructions for accessing this can be found...

Posted: May 6, 2021, 1:38 PM