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IRS Warning of COVID-19 Scams

Financial Scammers Taking Advantage Of COVID-19 Uncertainty

With COVID-19 present in our day to day lives, malicious actors are taking this opportunity to scam people out of their personal and financial information. Recently the IRS Criminal Investigation...

Posted: June 19, 2020, 10:22 AM

Fake Virus Alert Scam

Scareware doesn’t just exploit panic, it creates panic

You are working from home, web browser open to whatever resources you need to write a paper, prepare a class, review a budget, or whatever else you need to get your job done.  Suddenly a window...

Posted: June 15, 2020, 4:25 PM

Blackboard Offers Free Virtual Conference July 21-22

Follow BbWorld 20 via live streaming sessions & recordings

Once a year Blackboard hosts the BbWorld conference over several days for faculty, students, administrators, instructional technology specialists, training professionals, developers, and system...

Posted: June 11, 2020, 7:41 AM

How to Spot a Job Scam

Scammers Are Sill Exploiting The Pandemic

With Covid-19 causing many Americans to file for unemployment, many people are looking for jobs.  Some malicious actors are taking advantage of them by creating new job scams. Here is a list of...

Posted: June 10, 2020, 7:52 PM

Protect UMBC - Ransomware Attacks Still Active

Your Own Computer Held Hostage

Many of us lived our lives, at least in part, through computers even before telework and distance learning became the norm.  You may use your computer for writing reports, designing presentations,...

Posted: June 8, 2020, 10:28 AM