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.

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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

“Dean Hides Author’s Identity” Phishing Email

An Odd YouTube Related Scam Making The Rounds

Below is an example of a phishing email that has been reported to the Department of Information Technology (DoIT).  From: k chan <kkchan3275@aol.com> Date: Sun, Jan 10, 2021  Subject:...

Posted: January 19, 2021, 6:24 PM

CISCO Job Scam Emails “PART TIME JOB OFFER”

New Year, Same Scams

It’s a new year UMBC’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is still seeing scammers sending out phishing emails offering fake jobs to students. Below is an example of one of these job scam...

Posted: January 15, 2021, 11:24 AM