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Government Imposter Scams

Scammers Pretend To Be From Government Agencies

In  the article linked below, the Better Business Bureau is warning of government imposter scams. In these scams, a malicious actor will call or even message the victim claiming to be from a...

Posted: August 11, 2020, 9:35 PM

Amazon Account Phishing Scam

Contact By A Fake Amazon Rep About A Fake Account

According to the article linked below, malicious actors have been  recently noticed in the UK. The actors pose as an Amazon customer service representative. The goals of this phishing campaign is...

Posted: August 11, 2020, 9:14 PM

How to setup an account recovery email address

A Backup If You Forget Your Password

Don't have a recovery email on your UMBC account?  Follow these steps to set up your recovery email. Please use an email address that is not your UMBC email. Login to your myUMBC account:...

Posted: August 11, 2020, 9:05 PM

Account Data Breach: Wattpad

Major Data Breach: Wattpad

In June 2020, Wattpad suffered a data breach that exposed approximately 270 million records. These records include, names, usernames, email and IP addresses, genders, birth dates and passwords....

Posted: August 11, 2020, 9:01 PM

USM OnTrack: Support Available for High Enrollment Courses!

Partner with Lumen Learning for adaptive courseware adoption

There is still time to consider an adaptive courseware adoption for the fall semester!  USM OnTrack  has partnered with Lumen Learning to provide free professional development and support services...

Posted: August 10, 2020, 6:11 PM

Free 3-day Conference on Labs for Online STEM Announced

Attend Innovating STEM Education 2020 online August 19-21

OLC Ideate Labs for Online STEM: Innovating STEM Education 2020   With COVID pandemic, virtual labs are now a requirement rather than a "nice to have".  There are many technologies and...

Posted: August 10, 2020, 5:49 PM

USM OnTrack: New Online Teaching Resources Page Announced

Check out this updated content on the OnTrack website!

The USM OnTrack website has been updated to include new Online Teaching Resources. USM has revamped the emergency remote teaching web resources shared last spring to focus on the pivot to...

Posted: August 10, 2020, 5:43 PM

Be Wary Of These Covid-19 Scams

Some Of The Scams Coming Over Email, Phone, and Text

In the article linked below, BBC News warns of different Covid-19 themed frauds and scams. Many malicious actors follow the headlines just like the rest of us, and when they see a crisis like...

Posted: August 5, 2020, 6:12 PM

Gift Cards Phishing Scams

Another Variant Of A Common Scam

Recently DoIT has been notified of a phishing email scam where the malicious actor is impersonating a UMBC staff member. The name has been removed from the From for privacy reasons, but an example...

Posted: August 5, 2020, 5:59 PM

Webex Dial-in Service Restored

The dial in feature in Webex Meeting is now working agin

After working with Cisco's engineering team we have restored the dial in feature in Webex Meetings. This was restored around 10am this morning and all our testing appears positive. If you...

Posted: August 5, 2020, 4:06 PM