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“Dean Hides Author’s Identity” Phishing Scam
You Do The Phishing For The Phisher
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has seen a report of a phishing scam where the scammer is asking users to search for a YouTube clip and to share the message. Below is an example of...
May 27, 2021 · 4:49 PM
Call for Proposals Open: 2021 Open Education Conference
Hosted by Maryland Open Source Textbook (MOST) Initiative
As this year’s virtual “host” of the 2021 Open Education Conference (October 18-22, 2021), the Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Initiative is excited to announce the call for proposals is...
May 25, 2021 · 9:43 AM
Tips on Spotting Phishing Emails
Read Your Email, Then Read It Again For Red Flags
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has seen many different reports of Phishing and job scam emails sent to UMBC accounts. This article will list some helpful tips to spot phishing...
May 20, 2021 · 8:20 PM
Tips on Spotting and Reporting Spam Text Messages
Phishing Using Text Messages or "Smishing"
Many of the scams we see at the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) are coming from emails but scammers do not only use emails to try and scam users out of their personal and financial...
May 20, 2021 · 8:14 PM
Downtime Complete for taki
To all taki users, DoIT Staff have completed the scheduled downtime for the taki cluster environment. Users can begin using the computing hardware. As always, please let us know if you...
May 18, 2021 · 6:12 PM
Quarterly patching downtimes - 5/27 & 6/5
As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Thursday, May 27th and Saturday, June 5th.  While many of the...
May 18, 2021 · 2:07 PM
Campus phone system migration
The campus is migrating to a new phone system
DoIT is depreciating the legacy campus phone system and needs to meet with departments to migrate their phone numbers to the new phone system. We ask that a department representative please...
May 17, 2021 · 10:01 AM
“JOb Work-Study” Impersonation Job Scam
An Offer Of Employment For An Unknown Employer?
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has had more reports of a scam using compromised or spoofed UMBC accounts and claiming to be an Online employment coordinator for career and talent...
May 13, 2021 · 5:56 PM
SP/SU2021 UMBC Instructional Technology Update
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, 2021 · 2:38 PM
June update supports written feedback via Ultra rubric rows
Also coming: Record short audio/video course announcements
6/5 update: The June release is delayed. As soon as we have more information, we will post it. 7/1 update: The June release was rolled into the July update. Rubrics can be an essential tool for...
May 13, 2021 · 1:44 PM

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