In August 2022, the online feces delivery service ShitExpress suffered a data breach that exposed 24,000 unique email addresses. The addresses spanned invoices, gift cards, promotions and PayPal...
October 18, 2022
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3:57 PM
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Nov 7-11, 2022: Candid Conversations About Online Learning
According to the latest EDUCAUSE students and technology survey, the number of students who prefer some form of online learning increased more than three times between pre-pandemic and...
October 14, 2022
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9:59 AM
Key Findings: Modality Preferences and Access Demands
Based on a national survey of undergraduates and IT, 18% of UMBC respondents stated a preference for courses that are mostly to fully online (compared to 33% nationally). That preference for...
October 13, 2022
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3:45 PM
Fraudster Impersonating UMBC Officials
This morning, the Division of Information Technology(DoIT) received a report of fraudulent emails sent to the University System of Maryland office.. The fraudster is forging the name of UMBC...
October 13, 2022
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11:49 AM
Another Scam
On October 4, 2022, a job offer was posted in at least one group on the MyUMBC site. The job offer was supposedly from Prof. Erika Fountain for "Administrative Assistants". This posting was an...
October 6, 2022
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7:21 PM
They Want Your Password
Recently, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) received a report of a phishing email that appeared to be crafted to attack users in the Computer Science department. The phishers are...
October 6, 2022
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12:02 PM
Improved auto-save for student assessments
In the October update, scheduled for this week, instructors who teach in Ultra courses will be able to track and view student engagement with course content. Tracking how, when, and what students...
October 4, 2022
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12:50 PM
An Advisory From CISA
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has posted a warning about scammers pretending to be charitable agencies either soliciting contributions for hurricane victims or trying...
September 30, 2022
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2:18 PM
Learn how to implement the paper-based assessments
To help Instructors prepare for upcoming paper-based multiple-choice assessments, Akindi is offering a live webinar Tuesday, Oct 11th at 1:00 PM (ET). Their Customer Success Lead will walk...
September 30, 2022
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9:41 AM
IMPORTANT
RT will be down beginning 7pm on 9-30-2022 (Friday evening) for up to 1 hour. This downtime is needed to apply security and performance enhancements. Joe Kirby, AVP for Business Systems...
September 29, 2022
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8:55 AM