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Additional Email Phishing Protections Added Ahead of Break
We have noticed a large uptick in phishing emails over the last few weeks, and this trend is being reflected nationally throughout higher education. It is also expected that these emails will...
Posted: December 21, 2023, 8:17 PM
Respondus Helps Curtail Cheating while Protecting Privacy
Supported tools to address your high stakes assessment needs
As technology continues to advance, traditional classroom practices are enhanced with technologies. In-class assessments that used to take up valuable time are often administered through...
Posted: April 10, 2023, 8:57 AM
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
To The UMBC Community, October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but in reality, we all need to be vigilant 24/7, 365 days a year. As such, I encourage you to watch this brief (under 2 min) video...
Posted: October 17, 2018, 3:09 PM
How Undergraduate Admissions Migrated to Duo
Tips for ensuring a smooth migration
Andrew Gribben (pictured at right), Specialist in Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation, recently helped assist his colleagues in switching to Duo two-factor authentication as part of DoIT’s...
Posted: May 29, 2018, 11:27 AM
Employees with PS Access Required to Use 2 Factor Login
Staff by 12/31/18, Faculty by 9/30/19
UPDATE: To get past the start of Fall 2019, faculty with PS access will be required to upgrade to Duo by 9/30/19. As part of ongoing efforts to keep the campus safe online, the Division of...
Posted: April 25, 2018, 9:22 AM
Meltdown and Spectre
DoIT is Monitoring and Addressing Meltdown and Spectre
As many of you have likely seen in the news, two new vulnerabilities have recently been announced. The vulnerabilities have been named Spectre and Meltdown. These vulnerabilities are related...
Posted: January 5, 2018, 11:43 PM
Email Survey / Mystery Shopper Scams
Once you wire the money to the thief, it's gone.
We have received multiple complaints about people receiving fraudulent job offer emails from con-artists. In some of the job offers, the con-artist offers to pay $200 for completing testing and...
Posted: August 5, 2016, 11:20 PM
Why You Should Be Using Eduroam
Benefits include one time login, security, and availability
Eduroam is a global Wi-Fi network that provides encrypted traffic for any device you use and features a one time setup process that can be used on any campus that supports eduroam, not just UMBC....
Posted: May 5, 2016, 2:29 PM
Critical Vulnerability in Adobe Flash Affects Most Machines
A few days ago a critical vulnerability was announced within Adobe Flash Player that allows a machine to become infected with ransomware through a web browser. Ransomware is a type of malicious...
Posted: April 14, 2016, 9:29 AM
Phishing: Don’t Be Our Weak Link
Attacks are Becoming More Targeted. What should people do?
Phishing attacks have been a problem for many years. Typically, hackers have sent messages asking members of our community to click on a link or reply to an email message with a password. Their...
Posted: March 23, 2016, 2:56 PM
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