Boston University Not Affected by SolarWinds Compromise
Boston University not affected by SolarWinds compromise: You may have heard on about recent exposures in SolarWinds that have impacted numerous federal agencies such as the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Departments of Homeland Security, State, Defense and Commerce. While several universities have reportedly been impacted, Boston University discontinued use of SolarWinds in 2018…
Duo for Google Mail and Apps Required on November 12
Phishing continues to be a risk and as COVID-19 continues to impact the United States phishers are taking full advantage of the current climate. The FCC and FBI have warned of a pandemic-related surge in phishing emails and phishing websites. These campaigns prey directly on virus-related opportunities and fears. Here at BU, phishing remains our…
Ransom Phishing Scams
A phishing email scam is currently being spread across many colleges and universities. In this email, the sender claims to have your password and details how they have infected your computer and collected information on your personal computing use (emails, web activity, instant messages). The sender then asks for a ransom payment in the form…
IS&T’s Spring Cleaning Shredding Event
IS&T is happy to announce we will be hosting a “Spring Cleaning” shredding event. Similar to the event we host each October, you will be able to bring bulk amounts of paper to be shredded at the dates and locations below. Sustainability@BU will also be on hand to receive recyclable materials (batteries, toner, electronics, lightbulbs, etc). This…
Mac OS High Sierra – Patch to fix security flaw
Mac OS 10.13 (High Sierra) Vulnerability A security flaw has been detected in Mac Operating Systems 10.13 (High Sierra) or greater. This vulnerability allows anyone to login to a Mac device and gain full administrative access by typing in the username “root” with no password. More details can be found in the links provided below….
Spring Shredding Event 5/2 & 5/3
IS&T is happy to announce we will be hosting a “Spring Cleaning” shredding event. Similar to the event we host each October, you will be able to bring bulk amounts of paper to be shredded at the dates and locations below. The Sustainability Office will also be on hand to receive recyclable materials. (batteries, toner,…
OpenSSL and GLIBC Security Advisories
It has been a busy month for security vulnerabilities. We’d like to take a moment to call three of them to your attention to make sure you are addressing them. The first two relate to OpenSSL and what you may have heard referred to as the DROWN attack. The last, slightly older, vulnerability is in…
Tax Fraud Advisory
Tax fraud is a growing national problem. In 2014, tax fraud was 32.8% of identity theft complaints received by the FTC, the largest category of such complaints. A small number of members of the BU community have been notified by the IRS that a tax return has already been submitted for their SSN. This does…
InfoSec Receives Security Innovation Award
Boston University’s Information Services and Technology Department was named the recipient of a 2015 CSO50 Award from IDG’s CSO Magazine. Learn more! …
Beginning Tuesday, faculty and student employees will be enrolled in Duo Security for BUworks
Beginning Tuesday, October 14, all BU employees, including faculty and student employees, will be automatically enrolled in Duo Security for the BUworks Central Portal at www.bu.edu/buworkscentral. If you are not already enrolled in Duo, you will be prompted to enroll a device the first time you attempt to log in on or after October 14….