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Student Work at Home Scam

Hackers Offering Jobs at Cisco Systems

A scam message (see below) was sent to about 80 UMBC email addresses on 4/15/2020.  It’s a variation of a scam job offer we saw a few months ago.   It is NOT from Cisco Systems.  If you respond...

Posted: April 20, 2020, 12:01 PM

Submit Classroom and Lab Software Requests By May 1!

The deadline for requesting software to be included in our physical labs, virtual labs, and classrooms is approaching. Software requests for Summer and Fall 2019 are due by May 1 (Summer deadline...

Posted: April 8, 2020, 3:01 PM

Learn how to use VoiceThread with these free workshops!

Add media-rich, asynchronous engagement in your courses

VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in several ways – text, voice, audio file, or...

Posted: April 8, 2020, 2:14 PM

Scammers Want Your Information and Money

Scammers are finding new ways to get your info and money.

Any good scam, electronic or otherwise, works best when the victim is outside of their normal patterns of life.  A phishing scam has been circulating that claims that you have been exposed to...

Posted: April 7, 2020, 5:05 PM

Fake Advertisements and CDC References

Just because it's on the web or offered doesn't make it real

The Digital Citizens Alliance (DCA) has issued a report on the presence of advertisements for medical supplies, including a vaccine for Covid-19 (as of 4/7/2020 there is no such vaccine).   These...

Posted: April 7, 2020, 2:36 PM