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Panopto downtime and security update

August 15: unavailable for 3 hours

Downtime On Saturday, August 15, Panopto will be making a number of updates to their Cloud infrastructure to improve performance and scalability. These updates will require up to 3 hours of...

Posted: August 13, 2020, 6:34 PM

Fake "Corestaff Job-Offer" Phishing Attempt

Yet Another Job Scam, (Pretending To Be From Corestaff)

Below is another example of a phishing email campaign in which the malicious actor is claiming to be from Corestaff Services. The email below is the initial message sent out to victims to try and...

Posted: August 13, 2020, 5:06 PM

UMBC Staff Impersonation Phishing Scam

A Persistent Scam

DoIT has been notified of a phishing scam where the malicious actor was trying to impersonate a UMBC staffer. Below is an example of the email with the name, the email address of the sender, and...

Posted: August 13, 2020, 4:44 PM

New "Economic Relief" Phishing Email

Fake Small Business Administration (SBA) Loan Offer

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced a new phishing email campaign spoofing the Small Business Administration (SBA). This email has the subject “SBA Application –...

Posted: August 13, 2020, 11:47 AM

DoIT Offers Start of Semester Student Technology Sprints

Make sure you're tech "self-sufficient" to learn online

The start of semester is always busy, but especially during a global pandemic. We got through Spring 20, but since every student will likely have at least one online or hybrid Fall 20 course, the...

Posted: August 12, 2020, 9:05 PM