Phishing Alert: Fraudulent Bitcoin ATM Scam
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - 8:00pmThe scam advertises a fictitious job visiting Bitcoin ATMs for a survey.
The scam advertises a fictitious job visiting Bitcoin ATMs for a survey.
PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft/HighPoint Campus Experience (CX) will be unavailable during vendor maintenance scheduled for the Student Information System beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 24. This work is expected to last until 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 25. The systems will be returned to service earlier if work is completed ahead of schedule.
This routine maintenance is necessary to maintain the security, stability, and reliability of the Student Information System.
On July 1, the Pitt IT Software Store in PantherExpress — used for departmental software purchases — will be upgraded with improvements to software searching and purchasing.
Microsoft Corporation has announced security updates for June that affect a broad range of Microsoft product Specific information about the updates is available on Microsoft’s Security TechCenter.
Pitt Information Technology recommends that users immediately identify and install the security updates necessary to remediate these vulnerabilities by using Microsoft's Windows Update feature on their computers as soon as possible.
The scam asks recipients to text a phone number to arrange delivery of the items.
The scam claims all emails and Office files will be deleted unless you scan a QR code to update your Microsoft 365 account.
As previously announced in March 2023, Panopto, the vendor behind Pitt’s Lecture Capture system used for Canvas instructional recordings, as well as the default solution for saving Zoom meeting and webinar recordings, recently ended unlimited storage for all customers.
The scam claims that all the recipient’s emails will be deleted unless they update their Office 365 account.
On Tuesday, May 30, the scanner license structure for Document Management (Perceptive Content) will be updated to meet the terms in our vendor contract.
PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft/HighPoint Campus Experience (CX) will be unavailable during vendor maintenance scheduled for the Student Information System beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 20. This work is expected to last until 7 p.m. on Sunday, May 21. The systems will be returned to service earlier if work is completed ahead of schedule.
This routine maintenance is necessary to maintain the security, stability, and reliability of the Student Information System.
Microsoft Corporation has announced security updates for May that affect a broad range of Microsoft product Specific information about the updates is available on Microsoft’s Security TechCenter.
Pitt Information Technology recommends that users immediately identify and install the security updates necessary to remediate these vulnerabilities by using Microsoft's Windows Update feature on their computers as soon as possible.
One scam claims that all the recipient’s emails will be deleted unless they click a link and provide their password.
On Thursday, May 11, Pitt IT will activate two new security features for desktop users of LastPass — the provider for the University’s Password Manager and vault service — Dark Web Monitoring and increased Password Iterations.
The body of the message asks recipients to click a link to validate their email account
On Friday, April 21, changes will be made to PittSFTP giving users more time to review, adjust content, and when necessary, re-submit Accounts Payable (AP) and General Ledger (GL) files with corrected data before being imported into PRISM for processing.
Microsoft Corporation has announced security updates for April that affect the following software:
Beginning on Tuesday, April 18, Zoom is streamlining the join meeting experience to include fewer screens to access a meeting, as well as show a preview of the video displaying from your camera before joining the meeting.
The latest scam appears advertises a fictitious job as a study assistant with the Department of Psychology.
Pitt IT recommends users install the necessary security updates using the guidance on Apple’s website.
PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft/HighPoint Campus Experience (CX) will be unavailable during vendor maintenance scheduled for the Student Information System beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 25. This work is expected to last until 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 26. The systems will be returned to service earlier if work is completed ahead of schedule.
This routine maintenance is necessary to maintain the security, stability, and reliability of the Student Information System.