Please be aware of these warnings from the IRS concerning phishing and malware this tax season:
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Dont-
What to do if you think someone has filed a fradulent tax return using your SSN:
How to respond to identity theft:
Author: Kris Sulzberger
Monthly Security Awareness Newsletter – April
April edition:
(http://securingthehuman.sans.org/newsletters/ouch/issues/OUCH-201604_en.pdf)
OUCH! is the world’s leading, free security awareness newsletter designed for the common computer user. Published every month and in multiple languages, each edition is carefully researched and developed by the SANS Securing The Human team, SANS instructor subject matter experts and team members of the community. Each issue focuses on and explains a specific topic and actionable steps people can take to protect themselves, their family and their organization.
Monthly Security Awareness Newsletter – March
March edition:
(http://securingthehuman.sans.org/newsletters/ouch/issues/OUCH-201603_en.pdf)
OUCH! is the world’s leading, free security awareness newsletter designed for the common computer user. Published every month and in multiple languages, each edition is carefully researched and developed by the SANS Securing The Human team, SANS instructor subject matter experts and team members of the community. Each issue focuses on and explains a specific topic and actionable steps people can take to protect themselves, their family and their organization.
Update 3/7 12:40: Denison Apps possible service issue – Google Drive, Google Docs
Update 12:40: Google has resolved the issue. This outage affected less than 10% of the 30 day active users.
As of 11:01, Google has reported that they are investigating issues with the Drive/Docs environment.
Update – Network Performance – 2/18/16 1:06 pm
Update – 2/19/16 8:00 AM. The performance slowdown appears to have been transient, as everything returned to normal at some point after this event was reported. We were unable to corroborate initial findings against other systems/network monitoring we perform and therefore no cause has been identified.
We are currently investigating network performance issues. All services appear to be operating normally, but network response times appear to be abnormal.
Monthly Security Awareness Newsletter – February
February edition:
(http://securingthehuman.sans.org/newsletters/ouch/issues/OUCH-201602_en.pdf)
OUCH! is the world’s leading, free security awareness newsletter designed for the common computer user. Published every month and in multiple languages, each edition is carefully researched and developed by the SANS Securing The Human team, SANS instructor subject matter experts and team members of the community. Each issue focuses on and explains a specific topic and actionable steps people can take to protect themselves, their family and their organization.
Monthly Security Awareness Newsletter – January
January edition:
(https://securingthehuman.sans.org/newsletters/ouch/issues/OUCH-201601_en.pdf)
OUCH! is the world’s leading, free security awareness newsletter designed for the common computer user. Published every month and in multiple languages, each edition is carefully researched and developed by the SANS Securing The Human team, SANS instructor subject matter experts and team members of the community. Each issue focuses on and explains a specific topic and actionable steps people can take to protect themselves, their family and their organization.
Monthly Security Awareness Newsletter – December
December edition – Phishing (http://www.securingthehuman.org/newsletters/ouch/issues/OUCH-201512_en.pdf)
OUCH! is the world’s leading, free security awareness newsletter designed for the common computer user. Published every month and in multiple languages, each edition is carefully researched and developed by the SANS Securing The Human team, SANS instructor subject matter experts and team members of the community. Each issue focuses on and explains a specific topic and actionable steps people can take to protect themselves, their family and their organization.
Resolved 4:55PM – Network Interruption – 8/27/15 3:52PM
Update: 8/27/15 4:55PM
All connectivity has been restored as of 4:55PM.
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Update: 8/27/15 4:46PM
The following buildings lost wired and wireless network connectivity at 3:52PM: Doane, Barney Davis, Fellows, Higley, Knapp, Olin, Samson Talbot, Swasey, Slayter.
Connectivity has been restored in most of the buildings listed and should be completed for those remaining over the next 30 minutes.
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We are investigating issues with wired network connections not working in some buildings on campus. Wireless connectivity appears to be unaffected.
Windows 10 information and alert
On July 29th, Microsoft officially released Windows 10 to the public. In the coming weeks Information Technology Services (ITS) will be evaluating this new operating system for use within our campus environment. This evaluation includes testing enterprise applications for compatibility and ensuring that Windows 10 will work with our standard hardware and network configurations. Once the evaluation is complete, we will initiate a pilot project, develop a support plan, and determine our campus-wide deployment strategy. We will keep you updated as new information develops. In the interim, please note that our current standard operating system for PC-based workstations is Windows 7. Systems running Windows 7 will receive the broadest level of technical support from ITS.
With the release of this new operating system please be aware of associated malware/ransomware attempts from sources purporting to be Microsoft.