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Fake Jobs Offered From Real (Stolen) UMBC E-mail Accounts

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has seen reports of a scammer using compromised UMBC email accounts to send job scams. Below are examples of these scams with the names and email...

May 4, 2021 · 6:36 PM

“Job Opening” Administrative Assistant Job Scam

Biological Sciences is NOT hiring adminstrative assistants

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has seen reports of a scammer claiming to offer students a position as an administrative assistant. The scammer is also claiming to be both Jose...

May 4, 2021 · 11:05 AM

Extension of HPCF Publications Page with PDFs

Please provide PDF files of HPCF publications!

Dear Researchers, Colleagues, and Students, This message starts with the usual reminder to send me references to publications that used HPCF and its cluster taki, so that we can post them as...

May 3, 2021 · 5:52 PM

Recent Change to UMBC's Authentication Experience

On Monday, April 26th, DoIT applied a patch to UMBC’s single sign-on solution, WebAuth, that improves security and lays the foundation for future enhancements. As a result of this change, WebAuth...

May 3, 2021 · 4:41 PM

Recent Change to UMBC's Authentication Experience

May 3, 2021 · 4:00 PM

Three PIVOT Resources to Prepare for Summer Online Teaching

The Planning Instructional Variety for Online Teaching (PIVOT) program is designed to support faculty as they prepare for the virtual classroom. For faculty who will be teaching this summer, the...

April 28, 2021 · 10:11 AM

SU2021 Courses Created in Blackboard on April 27, 2021

Blackboard course shells for SU2021 were created on April 27, 2021. The Ultra Course Preview setting is again enabled in SU2021 courses to allow faculty adoption with anupdated support schedule...

April 28, 2021 · 10:11 AM

End of Semester Sprint Offers Customized Consults to Faculty

Two Sprints. One Day. Choose your time & topic.

The end of semester is a busy time of year for everyone, especially faculty. Instructional Technology will host two 2-hour sprint sessions on Thursday, May 13, 2021 for faculty to virtually...

April 27, 2021 · 11:37 AM

Insurance Scam

Telephone Scam - Fake Insurance

There have been reports to the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) that a scammer is calling people and claiming to be from UMBC.The scammer is said to be trying to run an insurance scam and...

April 26, 2021 · 3:52 PM

Fake Paycheck

Fake Paychecks for Fake Jobs

The Department of Information Technology (DoIT) has been notified of a scam. The scammer, impersonating a member of the UMBC staff, asks users to deposit a fake check. Attached below is a sample...

April 26, 2021 · 3:49 PM

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