During the COVID-19, unemployment numbers have been rising and more people are looking for work. Some people have unknowingly gotten involved in breaking the law. According to the article from...
May 26, 2020
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May 22, 2020 Next Week, Maryland will begin a state-wide effort to trace the spread of COVID-19. The effort will involve health workers making phone calls to Maryland residents. This is a...
May 22, 2020
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As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Saturday, May 23rd and Thursday, May 28th. While many of the...
May 19, 2020
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Malicious Software Pretending To Provide COVID-19 Info
Android Ransomware DomainTools discovered that domain names associated with COVID-19 and Coronavirus have spiked in the past few weeks, and many of those domains are considered malicious. One...
May 18, 2020
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A review of different attacks exploiting COVID-19 fears
Tripwire has released an article warning of these COVID19-related phishing scams. This article can be found at this link:...
May 18, 2020
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Email Tries To Get The Reader To Log In At Fake UMBC Page
A fairly well-crafted phishing attack hit UMBC mail inboxes today. It looks like this: The link takes the reader to a fake UMBC login page. It does not look like our usual page,...
May 13, 2020
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The UMBC Instructional Technology Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard...
May 13, 2020
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Focus will be on FA20 Preparations
Based on higher than expected turnout for last week’s prototype of the Planning Instructional Technology for Online Teaching (PIVOT) Live webinars, DoIT is offering a monthly repeat of the five...
May 12, 2020
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Expanded functionality includes shapes, drawing, highlight
UPDATE: Bb Annotate has been staged back for deployment — US East Cost is slated for June 3rd. Available for summer courses, Blackboard’s new inline grading tool, allows instructors, teaching...
May 11, 2020
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Mandatory Client Upgrades and Decreased IE11 Support
Panopto Cloud Downtime On Saturday, June 27, Panopto Cloud customers will be upgraded to the latest cloud release. This upgrade will require downtime. The vendor will announce the exact time and...
May 11, 2020
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