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Critical MacOS and iOS Patches 04/2023

April 12, 2023 | Alerts

Apple has released critical patches for iPhones, iPads, and Macs to address zero-day flaws being actively exploited that can result in complete device compromise and data breach. Details of the vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2023-28206 and CVE-2023-28205.

Please manually initiate system update to patch these devices as soon as possible.

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Fraudulent bank accounts hit UCI community

Aug 30, 2023

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...

Chime and Go2Bank Fraudulent Activity

Aug 14, 2023

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...

News & Announcements

DMARC Email Security Compliance

Feb 23, 2024

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...

Data Disposal Day – October 25, 2023

Sep 21, 2023

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...