NYU has seen several recent scams that involve obtaining an employee’s NetID and password, which are then used by the scammer to alter the employee’s Direct Deposit information, resulting in the employee’s paychecks being re-directed to the scammers’ bank accounts. We want you to be aware of these scams, what we are doing to protect […]
Spam is unsolicited bulk email. The key term is “unsolicited” — if you signed up for a mailing list (commercial or otherwise) which you no longer wish to receive, that is not spam. The easy differentiation is that legitimate businesses will have a mailing policy posted on the site where you sign up for the […]
Printers are a common intrusion point for access into an organizations network. It is a common misconception to think that printers are secure due to the nature of the simple tasks that they perform. However, printers are fully functional devices with exploitable services such as web servers, ftp services and hard drive device storage capabilities. […]
Microsoft has released an update that has been deemed critical for Internet Explorer affecting all supported versions from IE7 through 11. Microsoft says that the vulnerability could allow an attacker to take control of an affected system, and went to the somewhat unusual step of releasing patches out of its normal Patch Tuesday cycle for […]