DoIT Security

The DoIT Security Group assists all members of the UMBC community with any IT security questions and requests. Many questions can be answered via the submission of a Request Ticket, and, if necessary, a DoIT employee can be contacted for additional assistance.

Submit a Security Ticket

The DoIT Security Group posts notices and articles about threats, scams, and attacks on the IT Security – DoIT myUMBC group. In order to receive information as quickly as possible, we recommend that members of the UMBC community follow our group. Once followed, any new articles and notices will be automatically sent to the subscriber via email and myUMBC notification.

How to Follow

  1. Go to my.umbc.edu/groups/itsecurity
  2. Make sure you are logged into myUMBC.
  3. Click the Follow button, and select Notifications to All Updates.

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IT Security Notices

Phishing Email Impersonations

Several High Profile Administrators Impersonated

DoIT has been made aware of several new phishing emails from the weekend: From: Dean Drake <ddrake.umbc.edu@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Apr 4, 2020, 2:45 PM Subject: Re: Quick One To: <...

Posted: April 6, 2020, 11:13 AM

Fake DocuSign Phishing Message

Look out for fake DocuSign Messages

Yesterday morning, between 8:45am and 10:00am, several UMBC users received DocuSign messages offering access to a document called “News Update.pdf” with a button labeled “View Document Now”.  ...

Posted: March 31, 2020, 4:35 PM