July News From Information SecurityWe’re zooming through summer! July is here! Look for the return of the monthly security awareness posters in August! For now, here’s a reminder about maintaining the safety of those portable devices we now depend on – our smartphones, tablets…
It’s Summer! Although it hasn’t “officially” started, I know every department is now in full summer mode and you would probably prefer to be wherever the picture above was taken rather than reading a monthly security awareness newsletter, but you…
Welcome to May! This is a very busy time of year. As a class exits the college, many staff and faculty are concerning themselves with the new class coming in August. Others are preparing for summer projects and events. In…
Validating Zoom videoconferencing invitationsBerry College is rolling out a limited deployment of Zoom videoconferencing. New users will receive an email that, unfortunately, is very similar to recent phishing emails we have received. You can verify the Zoom invitation as valid if it has…
The topic for April is about other types of scams used to try and manipulate people in addition to typical phishing emails. Cybercriminals use social engineering—manipulating people into doing what they want—as the most common way to steal information and…
Emails claiming your Office 365 account is about to be deleted are fraudulentEmails claiming “your Office 365 account is about to be deleted” are fraudulent. They immediately ask you to pay your invoice and of course, the college provides these accounts to you out of the college budget. You are not expected…
A group of students received an email with the subject “Can you please help Berry College?”. This email is from Institutional Research and is an attempt to solicit feedback from students on their engagement here at Berry. This is a…