- Author: Blaine A. Sullivan
We are trying to get the news about the UCD computing account passphrase update out as many ways possible. We hope that if everyone reads about it from more than one source and sees it more than one time then everyone will upgrade to a passphrase before their account is locked out. Here are the details of the passphrase upgrade campaign:
Passwords must be upgraded to passphrases
As part of the ongoing effort to improve privacy and computer security, UCD is requiring all UC Davis computing accounts to be updated with a new Kerberos passphrase, which has different requirements from the old Kerberos password. New federal minimum passphrase strength requirements are the impetus for...
- Author: Claudia Myers
There is a particularly nasty fake anti-virus program out there called Antivirus Pro 2010. It will show up when you are browsing the web and a window pops up saying you have a virus and to download this program to fix it. It isn't true and it is particularly nasty because it can download the program and infect your computer no matter which of the buttons you push, yes, no thanks, or the close dialog box x in the upper right corner. So what should you do if one of those messages comes up? Close your web browser, all windows of it that are open.
If you do get infected by it you will get popups reporting false scan alerts and fake security alerts trying to get you to buy their program. It can hijack your web brower, disable Sophos,...
- Author: Claudia Myers
A lot of people have gotten phishing emails this week, the subject of which was Ucdavis.edu Report. It is a phishing attempt. As always no one at UC will ask you to email them your login and password.
Here are some other clues. Look at the return address, the From: field. You will see that it says it is from UCDAVIS.EDU SUPPORT TEAM, but then it lists the actual email address in parenthesis, and that address is not a UC Davis email address. Another clue is that the wording and grammar aren't right, for example the word "spam" is capitalized throughout, and much of the grammar is overly formal.
Remind people in your office not to respond to these email messages, they should just delete them. Also, if there are people in...
- Author: Claudia Myers
https://admin.na4.acrobat.com/_a841422360/p87281699/
The first part of the training deals with confidential and personal information and how to safeguard it. This is appropriate for everyone. The second part of the training focuses on computer programmers and server administrators.
- Author: Claudia Myers
Videoconferences enable users to conduct high-quality face-to-face meetings with individuals located in different geographical areas. ANR room-based videoconference systems are available at UCCE Tehama, Glenn, Stanislaus, and Tulare, the Kearney Ag Center and the DANR Building on the Davis campus. A new system is being installed at UCCE San Joaquin and should be available in the coming weeks. These ANR videoconference sites may be connected to any IP-based videoconference system. Please visit http://groups.ucanr.org/vc for more information, or contact James Bai at jbai@ucdavis.edu (530) 754-3915 if you have any questions.
