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 […]
Not a lot of news but a few updates this week: Okta project: (copied from the campus e-newsletter) Information Technology Services continues to encourage the WSU community to activate their Okta accounts before the final shift to the new cloud authentication solution on May 13. From that date, applications such as myWSU, Blackboard, Notices, and more will […]
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 […]
The OKTA Project Many of you recently received an email about the Information Technology Services OKATA Project. The first I heard of this was 3 weeks ago by the first email shown below. They updated that information with the second email shown. So, the answer to the question that many of you had, is yes, this is […]
Lots of stuff happening…. As some of you may have noticed, the IT guys from CAHNRS (Nick & Michael) were here this week working on a variety of projects. Most of what they did advanced us to the next phase, getting us that much closer to having the same services as Pullman. Here’s a quick […]
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 […]
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 […]