Virus and Security: Alerts
- Registration opens for IT Security Symposium at UC Davis (04/30/13)
- Privacy-enhancing software available at no or low-cost for personal use (03/04/13)
- Join 600 of your UC Davis colleagues and make your online life safer (12/11/12)
- Campus wireless users will need to accept new certificate Oct. 29 (10/25/12)
- New website can help you identify authentic campus email messages (10/25/12)
- Hundreds of Aggies take UC's new information security course; 4 receive incentive awards (09/18/12)
- New tutorial teaches personal ID security, offers personal incentive (08/09/12)
- "Aggies' Collaborative Networks" Phishing Scam (05/17/12)
- Watch out for 'Update Your UCDavis Webmail Account' email hoax (05/16/12)
- Will I lose Internet service after July 2012? (04/26/12)
- Registration opens for IT Security Symposium at UC Davis
Filed 04/30/13
Registration has opened for the 2013 IT Security Symposium, an event for University of California IT professionals to be held June 18-19 at UC Davis.
- Privacy-enhancing software available at no or low-cost for personal use
Filed 03/04/13
Identity Finder Home Edition, a software program that scans personally owned computers and reports the presence of high-risk personal identity information (PII), is now available for private use at low cost to UC Davis faculty and staff, and no cost to students.
- Join 600 of your UC Davis colleagues and make your online life safer
Filed 12/11/12
As of November 30, more than 600 faculty and staff at UC Davis have completed a short, online University of California course that shows them how to protect Social Security numbers, bank and health account data, and other sensitive information stored in computers.
- Campus wireless users will need to accept new certificate Oct. 29
Filed 10/25/12
UC Davis faculty, students and staff who access moobilenetx or resnetx from their laptops--and in some cases, from their smartphones or tablets--will be prompted to accept a new security certificate the first time they use their device on either wireless network after 8 a.m. Monday, Oct. 29.
- New website can help you identify authentic campus email messages
Filed 10/25/12
The next time you receive a UC or UC Davis e-mail message that looks authentic--but asks you for information that could be a clever phishing attempt--you can check a new campus website to help you decide if the message is legitimate.
- Hundreds of Aggies take UC's new information security course; 4 receive incentive awards
Filed 09/18/12
Nearly 500 UC Davis faculty or staff members took a new, short online UC course in August that showed them how to protect their sensitive information stored in computers. Four received $50 gift cards for their efforts.
- New tutorial teaches personal ID security, offers personal incentive
Filed 08/09/12
A new, short, online tutorial shows UC Davis faculty and staff how to protect sensitive information stored in computers. Anyone who completes the training will learn how to protect their electronic information and identity, and could also receive a $50 gift card.
- "Aggies' Collaborative Networks" Phishing Scam
Filed 05/17/12
Campus email account holders may have received an email scam message with the subject of Aggies' Collaborative Networks. This message was NOT released by a function sponsored by the University of California, Davis and should be deleted immediately.
- Watch out for 'Update Your UCDavis Webmail Account' email hoax
Filed 05/16/12
A new phishing scam is causing enough confusion at UC Davis to require a special warning.
- Will I lose Internet service after July 2012?
Filed 04/26/12
News articles are warning that many people could lose Internet access after July. The news alert is genuine and applies to users of Windows or OS X systems that have become infected with the "DNSChanger" malware, which alters the way infected computers use Domain Name Services (DNS).
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