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

Microsoft Notified 10,000 Victims of Nation-state Attacks

Retrieved from ZDNet - By: Catalin Cimpanu

Microsoft reported that over the past year it notified nearly 10,000 users that they had been targeted and/or compromised by nation-state hackers; most coming from Iran, North Korea, and Russia....

Posted: July 18, 2019, 9:21 AM

Attack Lets Android Apps Function Without Permission

Retrieved from The Hacker News - by: Swati Khandelwal

Research has revealed that over 1,300 Android apps are gathering sensitive information even when users specifically deny permission for those apps to function.  Read more here:...

Posted: July 17, 2019, 9:49 AM