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.
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
- Go to my.umbc.edu/groups/itsecurity
- Make sure you are logged into myUMBC.
- Click the Follow button, and select Notifications to All Updates.
IT Security Notices
Email marketing and the User-Agent-String
When What Looks Like Phishing Is Just Spam
Recently, DOIT received multiple reports of suspicious messages about student loans from email addresses with the format <emails@alert###.info>. The recipients of these messages marked them...
Posted: September 13, 2021, 2:45 PM
SCAM: University of Maryland Personnel Retirement Support
Retirement Phishing Scam
During the past week, the Division of Technology(DOIT) has received phishing reports of scammers impersonating state-licensed retirement support representatives. Below is an example of such a...
Posted: August 25, 2021, 6:15 PM
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