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Phishing Alert: I need your quick response

Tip: This Isn't Dr. Hrabowski

The Division of Information Technology( DoIT) recently received reports about a phishing email impersonating Dr. Hrabowski. Below is an example of such an email. We removed the recipient’s...

Posted: October 11, 2021, 10:26 AM

Phishing Alert: You have (#) new pending incoming emails

A New Twist On Phishing

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) recently received reports of a new form of phishing campaign. This campaign informs recipients that they have “# new pending incoming emails” where #...

Posted: October 11, 2021, 10:21 AM

Campus Wide Network and Service Outage Earlier this Morning

From approximately 9:40 to 10:40 the campus experienced a widespread service outage that affected most campus systems including login to myUMBC, blackboard, and the campus websites among others....

Posted: October 8, 2021, 11:09 AM

October brings student receipts & bigger rubrics for Ultra

Tables also available in the Ultra content editor

Rubrics are grading tools that help instructors to assess student performance and give feedback in detail. Prior to the October update, rubrics were limited to 10 rows and 10 columns. Now faculty...

Posted: October 8, 2021, 9:15 AM

taki downtime completed

To all taki users, Our work bringing the taki cluster environment up-to-date has concluded. Please begin normal use of the cluster environment. Please let us know if you have any questions...

Posted: October 5, 2021, 6:52 PM

Expiring eduroam Network Certificate

eduroam certificate to be updated Wednesday night

On Wednesday October 6th the certificate for the eduroam wireless network will be updated. DoIT recommends that you forget and rejoin eduroam using the instructions below before the certificate...

Posted: October 5, 2021, 5:59 AM

NIH eRA Modules Now Require Multi-Factor Authentication(Duo)

As of September 15, 2021, users of some online National Institutes of Health (NIH) services require Duo multi-factor authentication. Initially, this requirement applies to all users of electronic...

Posted: October 4, 2021, 7:11 AM

Phishing Alert: "Received AWB Documents via WeTransfer"

A "File Transfer" Phishing Campaign

The Division of Information Technology( DOIT) recently received reports of a ‘file transfer’ phishing campaign. Below is an example of this phishing email. We removed the To field for privacy...

Posted: September 28, 2021, 7:19 PM

Taki Downtime on October 5, 2021 - 5pm to 9pm

To all taki users, On Tuesday October 5, 2021 the taki cluster environment will be down and inaccessible from 5pm - 9pm EDT. Once our work is done on Tuesday, we will make another...

Posted: September 28, 2021, 6:37 PM

taki Back Online After Unscheduled Downtime

To all taki users, At 12:30PM portions of the taki cluster environment became unavailable. The management system attempted to correct the issue by selectively killing administrative...

Posted: September 28, 2021, 3:15 PM