As COVID-19 continues to dominate the news cycle and daily life, the UVM Information Security Office would like the community to Be On the Look-Out (BOLO) for cyber criminals using COVID-19 as a theme for phishing emails, scams, and other attacks on the security of your information and that of the University. These attacks could …
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Windows 7 Advisory
This post is part of a series contributed by the ISO’s 2019-2020 student intern Emily Connolly, ’20. On January 14th, 2020, Microsoft support for Windows 7 will end, which means that version of Windows will no longer receive patches to fix bugs or security flaws. Why is this happening? End of life is the term …
“DUO” the Necessary Steps to Protect Yourself!
Enabling Multifactor Authentication This post is part of a series contributed by the ISO’s 2019-2020 student intern Emily Connolly, ’20. What is multifactor authentication? How do I use the DUO app? How do I lock down my passwords? If these questions keep you up at night, read on. If not, read on anyway; it’s important …
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Go Phish!
Defeating phishing emails and securing your inbox This post is part of a series contributed by the ISO’s 2019-2020 student intern Emily Connolly, ’20. It’s 8am on a Monday morning. You pour yourself a cup of coffee and open your laptop to read all the emails you’ve been putting off since Friday afternoon. When you …