Phishing

IT News & Updates 7/26/19

WSU ITS was busy while I was on vacation (no I don’t feel guilty!). So today’s blog article covers the two biggest items of note: changes to ProofPoint and ITS Service Center Launch. But first, a word about phishing looking emails. Phishy emails WSU IT Security would really like it if no WSU emails contained live links. […]

IT News & Updates 7/12/19

It’s been a busy week for WSU IT. They’ve been working on a variety of items – many that directly affected us. These included the new WSU Zoom rollout, updates for Zoom Apps and plugins, myWSU maintenance, and long distance issues. In addition to these, there have also been several reports of spam/phishing voicemail and […]

IT News & Updates 5-24-19

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 […]

IT News & Updates 4/26/19

Just a couple of items this week. First, With the field season upon us, don’t forget to enter your field sprays into the online Re-entry App. If you haven’t asked to be added as an applicator to the add, please contact me. The App isn’t very mobile friendly. So, if you may want to enter […]

IT News & Updates – 4/18/19

Luckily, this has been a slow week for IT incidents. The only ‘hiccup’ I’m aware of was the failure of a power backup for the Kiosk and Room Scheduler servers on Monday. Jerry was able to get them switched over to another backup and I got everything restarted and running smoothly. Okta project: the Okta […]

Car Wrap Offer – a new phishing example

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 […]

More Phishing Alerts

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 […]

IT News & Updates – June 1

I just wanted to catch you up on some of the stuff going on with WSU IT updates and fixes, as well as inform you about some recent phishing attempts. New email phishing – These are getting a bit more sophisticated. This week I and several people here at the Center have received the following […]

IT News & Updates 4/19/18

This will be the last IT News & Updates blog post until June. I will be out on leave until then. Here’s what to do about IT/AMS issues during that time: WIFI issues in the back hallway – The most common cause of dropped wifi signal in the back hallway is the device itself. Sometimes it […]

Phishing, spoofing, and spam, oh my!

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 […]