It’s been a challenging week for the campus IT security group. First, there was a continuation of attacks on the system and the associated “fixes”. Some of their fixes lead to other problems, such as some people losing their connection to Office 365 and shared drives either completely or intermittently. The fixes will be ongoing […]
As you all probably noticed, we had some internet issues this week. The good news: none of it was Center related. The bad news: it was completely out of our control. The problem was a result of a “Distributed Denial of Service” (DDoS) attack on Pullman’s systems. Although I did notice some interference (pixelation) to […]
What is Proofpoint and why did I get this strange email? WSU IT security subscribes to a hosted inbound email virus and spam filtering service called Proofpoint. Proofpoint maintains all the software and hardware; all email security policies and filtering are managed by WSU. How does Proofpoint work? If Proofpoint detects that one of your inbound […]
For the most part, this has been a good week for our connectivity. There were no interruptions to our internet and no drops to classes. There are still some issues with bridging and last minute call-in number changes, but these are out of our control. In addition to the 480- and 780- prefixes, they now have 771- […]
We all get tons of email each day and often don’t have a lot of time to sort through and read everything thoroughly. It seems like it’s those times when you have the least amount of time or have other things on your mind that you receive phishing emails. Most phishing emails are designed to instill […]
A new blog was created to keep everyone at TFREC up to date on the status of our communications systems including the AMS equipment, our internet, and the phones. To view the blog visit here.