UVM technology leaders and staff are monitoring the news around emerging global cybersecurity threats as a result of recent sanctions against Russia. We continuously engage with partners across Higher Education and in law enforcement to improve UVM’s defensive posture. As always, though, we need your help, and “the usual advice” is now more important than …
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When the Attacks Aren’t Just Cyberattacks
5 min. read ISO intern Josh Baker contributed the “protecting others by protecting ourselves” theme to this article. Others have eloquently addressed the injustice that is the ongoing Russian aggression against the people and the state of Ukraine; suffice it to say that no one deserves to be subject to physical violence, and we dearly …
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Ransomware Alert
A new form of malware is making its way to the University of Vermont: Ransomware is a particular form of malicious software which prevents you from accessing your own data. Once the software has locked down any data to which you have access, it demands that you pay a ransom in order to have access …