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

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Phishing Email from Fake UMBC IT Desk

Phsihing Attack Sent To Over 1000 UMBC Accounts

A compromised UMBC account was used to send phishing emails to over 1200 other UMBC accounts today. These malicious emails, claiming to be from the “UMBC IT Desk,” contained a link to a fake...

Posted: August 24, 2020, 4:00 PM

Account data breach: Zoosk (2020)

Credentials Breach Report

In January 2020, Zoosk 2020, an online dating service, suffered a data breach. This breach contained 24 million users data that was posted online. The user information includes dates of birth,...

Posted: August 24, 2020, 1:00 PM