There is a critical Microsoft Outlook vulnerability for Windows (CVE-2023-23397) that allows hackers to remotely steal hashed passwords by simply receiving an email, and is actively being exploited.
Please ensure system and application updates are initiated and devices patched as soon as possible. Another layer of defense is to block TCP 445/SMB outbound from your network firewall.
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Sent on 8/30/2023 to All Campus Employees and Students by the Office of Data and Information Technology UCI Information Security reports “a new wave of fraudulent activity” tied to Chime and Go2Bank. Unauthorized accounts have been opened using UCI members’ personal...
We have seen a new wave of fraudulent activity related to UCI members coming from Chime and Go2Bank. This includes accounts being opened using a UCI member's personal information by unauthorized individuals, and getting notified of that via their UCI email, personal...
Major email providers have announced that they have started enforcing DMARC/DKIM/SPF email security standards in order to send email to them. What that means to us is that external email providers will increasingly block or mark as spam email coming from UCI unless...
Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Time: 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM (or until truck hits full capacity) Location: Parking Lot 12A near the Natural Sciences buildings Each of us is responsible for the security of information assets with which we work. Properly...
