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LastPass Premium is Free for the UNC Community!
LastPass Premium is great way to secure and simplify your digital life. Go beyond storing passwords and experience additional protections for your digital life with unlimited device type access and advanced security features in LastPass Premium. You can find instructions at https://lastpass.unc.edu on how to claim your account, or you can always contact the ITS Service Desk via help.unc.edu or 919-962-HELP for further assistance. LastPass… Read More about LastPass Premium is Free for the UNC Community!.
Protect Your Device from Ransomware
Protect Your Device from Ransomware Recent attacks impacting gasoline delivery in Southeast highlight the negative impact that ransomware criminals can have and should prompt us to consider if we are taking the right precautions to protect our important documents and other data. Backups – We should take steps to ensure our important files are backed up. The easiest way for students, faculty, and staff to… Read More about Protect Your Device from Ransomware.
Fraudulent Unemployment Claims
Fraudulent Unemployment Claims: Impacts from External Cybersecurity Incidents Such as the Equifax Breach of 2017 Malicious attackers regularly commit unemployment fraud across the United States. Unfortunately, some of the people who they attempt to impersonate are our employees, and we have seen unemployment fraud attempted at UNC. The sources of the data used by these criminals stem from numerous security breaches that have occurred at… Read More about Fraudulent Unemployment Claims.
Oversharing Online
Oversharing online while working from brings unique risks. As folks share desktops for screen shares on calls while presenting at conferences, or even post pictures on social media of their home office, what might a scammer do with this information? Accidentally exposed insights make their jobs of targeting us easier, while the ongoing pandemic – a situation where people are overly anxious, stressed, away from… Read More about Oversharing Online.
Upcoming Event: Bits N’ Bytes
What is Data@Rest: Bits n’ Bytes A half-day virtual event focused on information security that features a variety of voices from the UNC IT community in a TED Talk style format. Some talks are long, some are short, it just depends on the topic! Our goal for this event is to create an opportunity for the IT community to get some CPE credits for certifications,… Read More about Upcoming Event: Bits N’ Bytes.
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Emerging Scam: COVID-19 Vaccine Phishing
Similar to the COVID themed phishing messages seen earlier this year (you can read about those here), reports are emerging that similar messages are being received with a newer theme of “COVID Vaccines”. Exploiting fears that shortages may occur, known phishing messages compel recipients to reserve their place in line to get the vaccine by following a link and logging in to site. Others may… Read More about Emerging Scam: COVID-19 Vaccine Phishing.
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What to do if your info is stolen
Receiving the news that your personal data may have been exposed can be scary. Beyond changing your passwords for your accounts, there are identity protection measures that you may want to consider if you receive notice that your data was exposed. Review Account Statements. Carefully review your account statements, and notify the company that sent the statement if you find any errors. Obtain Free Credit… Read More about What to do if your info is stolen.
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Impersonation Email Scams
Spoofing / Impersonation Email spoofing and impersonation are techniques where a scammer creates an email message with a forged sender address in hopes of deceiving the recipient into thinking the email originated from someone they know or recognize. Scammers will use email spoofing to help disguise themselves as a supervisor, professor, or financial organization to trick users into performing some type of action like purchasing… Read More about Impersonation Email Scams.
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New Podcast Episodes: Data@Rest Season 3 Live Now!
The ITS Information Security office has just released season three of the ongoing podcast series Data@Rest. Focused on accessible and practical discussions across a variety of information security related topics, all episodes are available through Apple Podcast, Spotify, the iHeartRadio app, as well as Amazon music, and Libsyn. To read more about the topics covered and see some behind the scenes information, check out this… Read More about New Podcast Episodes: Data@Rest Season 3 Live Now!.
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Free Virtual Event Friday Oct. 9th : SecurityCon 2020
SECURITYCON is a free virtual event for the entire campus community. When: Friday October 9, 2020 Where: This year’s event will be virtual! Registration is available at https://go.unc.edu/securitycon Cost: Nothing – it’s free! Students, faculty, and staff interested in all things information security will have an opportunity to observe tech demos, participate in interactive hacking contests, pick the brains of information security professionals and more…. Read More about Free Virtual Event Friday Oct. 9th : SecurityCon 2020.