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College students are being targeted in a new scam that lures them in with the promise of tickets to sports or concert events and leaves them empty-handed. If you fall for their tricks, the scammers not only get your money but they also steal your identity. The university’s Division of Public Safety…
Email messages, like art, can be forged and the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) makes it easier for bad actors to produce fakes that appear more professional and personalized.
For over a decade, Tim Bradish has helped shield and strengthen Cornell services and systems against attack. In a spotlight story on the Human Resources (HR) home page, the associate chief information security officer attributed his team’s success to their interest in working with each other and…
AI meeting assistants or “bots” can be used for monitoring, summarizing, and recording virtual meetings. They are powerful tools for the purposes of accessibility and convenience but should also be used with caution. Whenever AI is involved, you should know how its use could impact your privacy and…
Many in the Cornell community have reported receiving fraudulent emails from PayPal. The emails may look like this example from the Phish Bowl.
Cornell has implemented Duo’s Verified Push for university faculty and employees.Verified Push was piloted by CIT staff and IT Service Group directors. It has also been in use at Weill Cornell Medicine and other major institutions with no adverse impact, becoming the new minimum standard for…
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month has come to an end, but the mission remains. Scammers don’t take a break, and neither can our community afford to forget important cybersecurity tips and tools. You can help Secure Our World in so many ways! 1. Share links the safe way in SharePoint…
Whether you’re using Box, SharePoint, or Microsoft Teams, collaborating on a document with coworkers is often as simple as sharing a link. However, this convenience can have steep cybersecurity consequences.
Artificial intelligence is a tool with the potential to do great good in the world. Perhaps you’ve already benefited from it, using it to analyze data or solve a problem. But like any tool used irresponsibly, or in the wrong hands, artificial intelligence can do harm. If not used safely, it can…
The service offerings listed below are for the storage and retrieval of keys for whole disk encryption on CIT-managed devices.BitLockerBitLocker is a Windows feature that encrypts the data on your hard drive using BitLocker Whole Disk Encryption to keep the contents safe from unauthorized access.…
Thanks to technology, your personal and financial information are accessible to you from anywhere that the internet is available. This is convenient, but it also comes with risk. If all you need to access your account is “hello123,” then it will be easy for anyone else with an interest in your…
It's National Cybersecurity Month and that means it's time to dust off the tips and tools that protect the Cornell community.It can be tempting to hit "snooze" on that update alert on your phone, browser, or computer. But letting your device or software update right away could mean the difference…
On Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 12:10 p.m., the Cornell Office of Emergency Management will conduct a test of the campus emergency notification system.Expect to see tests on voice and text messaging, Cornell-managed desktop and laptop computers located on campus, CUView digital signage, and…
Securing everyone's data and academic work is a top priority for our technology teams across Cornell. As we welcome new and returning students this fall semester, we invite you to help us in this mission by reviewing privacy safeguards and tips to avoid phishing scams, learning how to protect…
The Identity Management team has begun a critical project to migrate the university’s on-premises Oracle Enterprise Directory system to a new production environment hosted by Optimal IDM. This project is part of the Cornell Safe Access initiative and will be an essential part of enhancing Cornell’s…
As Cornell continues to recover from the July 19, 2024 worldwide Windows outage, a small number of Windows computers may still be affected by a software update that produces a blue screen and error message. The number is decreasing as IT staff across the campus continue helping the community…
Simulations are used to train astronauts and health care workers, so why not faculty and staff faced with stressful decisions? New phishing simulations to be run quarterly by the Cornell IT Security Office have been designed to help faculty, staff, researchers, and other employees more easily…
As reported by PCMag, a new scam is targeting LastPass account-holders. Scammers are making calls and texts, pretending to be LastPass employees. They are using sophisticated techniques to mimic LastPass branding, which can make their phishing attempts difficult to identify.
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On Sunday, February 18, 2024, Cornell will introduce a secure but more straightforward method for users to recover access to locked Cornell NetID accounts.