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Get personal signing certificates for email
Signing certificates allow you to encrypt emails and digitally sign them. With certificates, the email recipient can have greater confidence that the email you sent has not been tampered with, and that the email originated from you, the expected sender, and not someone impersonating you, the sender.
Anyone interested can now request personal signing certificates for email. If you would like a signing certificate, send your request to the Service Desk by email at help@duke.edu.
For full details, visit: https://oit.duke.edu/what-we-do/services/personal-certificates.
Learn IT @ Lunch – Hacking the human: social engineering followup resources
Miss today’s Learn IT @ Lunch session – “Hacking the human: social engineering (and why it can work on anyone)”? Watch the session recording online. Note: You may be prompted to update your MS Silverlight Plug-in to view the recording. Also, session slides (PDF) are available.
W-2 spear-phishing campaign: Don’t get caught!
Duke’s IT Security Office received several reports of a new spear-phishing campaign targeting Duke employees in Finance and HR. In the examples that were received, the phishing email appears to come from a high-level administrator (“President Brodhead” in one case and “Sally Kornbluth” in another) and requests PDF copies of Duke W-2’s for 2016. An example is available on the Duke IT Secuity Website: https://security.duke.edu/news-alerts/w-2-request-scam-employees-2016-and-others.
This type of phishing scam is very common during tax season: https://www.irs.gov/uac/newsroom/irs-states-and-tax-industry-renew-alert-about-form-w2-scam-targeting-payroll-human-resource-departments.
Ransomware Learn IT @ Lunch – Followup Resources
Miss yesterday’s Learn IT @ Lunch session – “Your $$$ or your data: Protecting yourself against ransomware”? Watch the recording online. Note: You may be prompted to update your MS Silverlight Plug-in to view the recording. Also, session slides (PDF) are available for download.
LastPass Learn IT @ Lunch – Followup Resources
Miss today’s Learn IT @ Lunch session – “LastPass: Three Features that will Simplify your Online Life”? Watch the recording online. Note: You may be prompted to update your MS Silverlight Plug-in to view the recording. Also, download the session slides (PDF).
Additional Resources:
- Download LastPass: https://software.duke.edu/node/108
- Linking LastPass to MFA: https://knowledge.oit.duke.edu/?p=936
- LastPass & Tips for Password Management: https://security.duke.edu/lastpass
Guard Against Cyber Threats, Get a chance at a GoPro
Take a quiz during Cyber Security Awareness Month and you may win a GoPro or Amazon Echo! Go to https://security.duke.edu for details. Read the full story here.
Test your IT Security Knowledge. Enter to win prizes!
As part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month in October, Duke faculty, staff and students can test their knowledge of ransomware and other phishing attacks by taking a short online quiz to be entered into a drawing for various technology prizes. Duke’s IT security offices also will hand out giveaways at campus events throughout the month with tips on how to protect yourself and your data online.
For details, visit security.duke.edu.
TechTips: Protect your computer when away from your desk
In an open office/cubicle environment? Ron Altiery (OIT CDSS) reminds us to screen-lock your computer and devices or log off when you know you’ll be away from your desk. Check out his full comment and other cubicle etiquette tips in this recent Duke Today Story.
IT Security website has a new “look”
Check out the new re-branded Duke IT Security website: security.duke.edu! Go here for all IT Security related information, alerts & help.
University Launches More Secure Wireless Network
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) has launched a new, more secure wireless system across the university campus called “Dukeblue”. The Duke community is encouraged to join encrypted Dukeblue network on campus. Read the full story on Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2016/08/dukebluenetwork.