Just a couple of items to mention. Phishing has started up again. This week I’ve seen one set that threatens to deactivate your Office365 account unless you “click here to re-validate”. The other is a job add for “immediate hire” of part-time assist job. IF you are someone looking for a summer job or supplementing […]
The Phishers are getting more creative. They’re also taking advantage of whatever campus IT activity is ongoing. For instance, with the Okta security project going on, phishers have been sending emails asking you to verify your new account information. Don’t fall for it. Once you have gone through the Okta password and security reset, they […]
This week we had a visit from the CAHNRS IT team. Their primary mission was to install wireless access points (APs) throughout Overley and couple additional locations on our campus. They also decommissioned the old file share server, helped on a couple of support ticket items, and demonstrated how to connect to a Zoom meeting […]
What is Okta? Okta is an identity management software company. Their identity security package that WSU is now migrating to adds multiple levels of personal security that the previous authentication system lacked. How is this being rolled out to the WSU community? WSU has just started the migration process. It started on March 4th and […]
There are only a couple of things for this week’s IT Blog. The first item involves an email several of you received from the WSU Information Technologies Services about the Okta Project (new WSU security authentication process). I’ve dedicated a full post to this. You can read it here: http://tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu/admin/it-news-updates-okta/. The second item is in […]
There are two new email phishing scams you should be aware of. Dean Wright phishing email The first is mentioned in Bill Bonner’s email that went out to all CAHNRS employees. This is in reference to an email supposedly sent out by our Dean, Andre Wright. I never received the email Bill refers to so […]
Last week I was tied up with the Postharvest Fruit School and missed posting last Thursday. Luckily, there weren’t any major issues here in IT to deal with. And the trend seems to be holding since not much has happened this week either. The most notable issue is that there still seems to be something […]
Due to increased hacking attempts aimed at the WSU’s fiscal system, an advisor was sent out to personnel that works with electronic payments. That said, this is good information everyone. Here’s an excerpt from the advisory email: In light of recent increased attempts, attached please find an example of a common theft tactic in which […]
The only thing of note this week was Darla getting our TFREC email lists up and running. You should have received an email from “tfrec-l” this morning with the addresses for all of our new lists. (Note the correction to the faculty-admin list in the follow-up email.) If you know someone who did not get the email, […]
This morning CAHNRS IT sent out an alert regarding the “Survey from WSU President” email. This is the email I talked about on my Thursday” IT News & Updates” blog. but in just a couple of days, the responsible party has become smarter by dressing up the email to make it look even more “real”. […]