You’ll see a lot of warnings about the importance of installing antivirus software. There are a lot of competing pieces of software on the market, and we’d like to help you understand what computer viruses are, how your machine can become infected, and how anti-virus software works. It’s important to note that Macs and PCs […]
What happened?We write to remind you to remain vigilant against cyber scams related to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Information security authorities have seen a rise in phishing attempts where the bad guys are spoofing government agencies taking advantage of the COVID-19 narrative. Examples of these scams include:Phishing emails, texts, and phone calls with the subject “COVID-19 […]
Read Full Zoom Advisory from the Department of Homeland Security here. UPDATE: Effective on May 5 at 12noon the ability to link Zoom to your FIT Google account will be revoked. Email sent to All FIT Employees on Wednesday, April 29th: The Division of Information Technology continues to support the FIT community while we work […]
Google Alerts is a useful service that allows you to receive emails when new pages appear in the Google search index that are related to specific keywords, such as “FIT.” Unfortunately, there is a new scam that takes advantage of this feature. Recently bad actors have begun injecting malicious sites into the Google search indexes […]
Several “summer job opportunity” fliers have been spotted around campus. This multi-level marketing company did not have permission to post their fliers on campus. IT would like to take this as an opportunity to remind the FIT community that cyber criminals also try to take advantage of college students looking for work, wanting to make […]
What happened? SUNY is reporting that many campuses are experiencing a phishing attack. At least one person at FIT was targeted. This attack is particularly clever in that clicking the infected link or button in the email redirects you to a site that harvests email addresses and subject lines in your email account, and uses […]
Thank you to the over 90 members of the FIT community that joined us on Tuesday, April 17th for Cybersafe Day 2018. If you missed the day’s events, you can watch videos from the panel events here. Cyber Security in the Business World Moderator: Walter Kerner, AVP and Chief Information Security Officer, FIT Guest Speaker: […]
Yesterday, you may have received invitations in either your FIT or personal Gmail accounts to share a Google Drive document from a recognizable name at FIT, mailing list you belong to, or personal contact. This was a nationwide email phishing scam that lured the reader to click on an “Open in Docs” button. When individuals […]
FIT and other SUNY campuses have recently seen a number of spoofed requests to open documents in Dropbox. The requests come in email and appear to come from legitimate FIT email addresses, but the “sender” is not someone who would communicate with you over Dropbox and the subject line is blank or nonsensical. The phish […]
To the FIT Community: Apple has announced vulnerabilities on the iPad and iPhone that allows an attacker to take full control of your device, including turning on your microphone and camera and/or recording all your keystrokes. The attack is delivered by sending you a specially designed text that includes a link: If you click on […]