January 28th is Data Privacy Day (DPD)! DPD is an international event that educates end users on the importance of safely managing personal information and spreads awareness about privacy, especially online. Data privacy includes how a user’s personal information is shared with third party services online. Personal information encompasses full name, date of birth, medical […]
Please note: No NYU IT-managed services will be impacted by the change described below. Let’s Encrypt is not an NYU-provided or NYU-supported service. This information is being shared as a courtesy and this change is not expected to impact many NYU community members. Let’s Encrypt, a non-profit organization that helps people obtain free SSL/TLS certificates […]
A recent Chrome desktop update (97.0.4692.71) addresses 37 security issues, one of which is a critical use-after-free bug in the storage component that could lead to data corruption or execution of malicious code on a compromised machine. Users of Chrome on Windows, Mac and Linux are advised to update asap. For instructions on how to […]
The New York Times has reported on a Federal Government warning, issued to the public, about commercial spyware, potentially infecting mobile devices. While there are different types of spyware “in the wild”, the focus has been on commercially developed spyware, dubbed “Pegasus”, which was created by the NSO Group, and is a “zero-click” vulnerability, requiring […]