Illegal downloading is prominent type of copyright infringement. Do you know that some applications used for downloading actually turn your computer into a server, allowing it to be used for the distribution of copyrighted information? For information regarding the University’s stance on illegal downloading, please see A Note on Illegal Downloading. For copyright infringement information, […]
Please be advised that portions of the internet are currently under a denial of service attack, and may be unavailable. This includes at least NYU Box. Box and many other Internet services are working on controlling this attack and making their services available. To see which NYU services are impacted, and to monitor service status, […]
Please be advised of the following phishing message: Please be reminded of the importance of hovering over each link in an email message and confirming where a link will direct you before clicking it. Although the first link in this message appears as: https://shibboleth.nyu.edu/idp/profile/SAML2/Redirect/SSO;jsessionid=a14tjdxg5d4av4qfd9m4o1cf?execution=e1s1 and has known and familiar elements, it is spoofed. When you […]
Ransomware is a growing threat on the information security landscape. These attacks target your devices and the data stored thereon, as well as the data on flash drives which you may have mounted and networks and cloud services to which you may be connected. For more information on ransomware and how you can protect yourself […]
Strong passwords and the use of a password manager to manage the many strong passwords you create are essential to keeping your data secure. For more information on password best practices, and password manager FAQs and recommendations, please see: Under Lock and Passphrase
Please be advised that the following email is forged. In this instance, one is able to discern the forgery is by hovering over one of the login links contained in the message. When this is done (from the received message), the following text displays: <https://www.cognitoforms.com/Shibbolethnyuedu/NYULogin> Although you see Shibboleth and nyuedu in the link, please […]
Two steps that you can take to avoid targeted attacks by social engineers are: Limit the information you share on social media sites. Information shared on these sites can be used to target you, your place of employment, or people that you know. For example, a targeted phishing attempt, a/k/a spear phishing, may be designed […]
Did you know? October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM)! The goal of NCSAM is to promote awareness of the information security risks and threats we face daily. The themes we’ve chosen for the month are ransomware, and passwords. Please visit our Security Awareness page for more information, and links to resources. What can […]