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Wednesday January 30, 2008 |
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Phishing Email
According to WikiPedia "In computing, phishing is an attempt to criminally and fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication." Here is an example of a phishing email sent to an NCCE employee today. Subject: VERIFY YOUR Ncsu EMAIL ACCOUNT NOW Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:04:11 +0000 From: Ncsu Team <ncsuteam@bellsouth.net> Reply-To: accountupgrades03@deleted.com To: undisclosed-recipients:; VERIFY YOUR Ncsu EMAIL ACCOUNT NOW Dear Ncsu Email Account Owner, This message is from Ncsu messaging center to all Ncsu email account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused Ncsu email account to create more space for new accounts. To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below so that we will know that it's a present used account. CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW Email Username : .......... ..... EMAIL Password : ................ Date of Birth : ................. Country or Territory : .......... Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently. Thank you for using Nmn ! Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ Thanks, Ncsu Team Ncsu.edu BETA There are several items in this message that throw up red flags. First among many was the "Ncsu" not being all caps. Most importantly, the fact they are asking for this reply via email and not giving any information such as my id. This one was easy to recognize as a phishing expedition. Many are MUCH better disguised and more cunning. Just be very of anyone asking for your password without you initiating the call. DO NOT click on links in email messages. Go to the web site by typing the URL in your browser and navigate from there. It is very easy to give a link that says it is going one place, but actually takes you someplace else - for example: http://www.google.com/ will actually take you to NCSU's home page. Just be aware that there are bad people out there who prey on the unsuspecting, uninformed and trusting individual. "Let's be careful out there". Posted by jdorner ( Nov 19 2008, 10:42:58 AM EST / Jan 30 2008, 08:39:00 AM EST ) Permalink Comments [0] Trackback: http://blogs.lib.ncsu.edu/techtalk/entry/phishing_email |
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Friday September 21, 2007 |
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Dealing with email quota
If you have problems running over your email quota on the NCSU mail server, I've started a wiki page with some tips to help you. Cleaning Up Your Mail When You Are Close To Quota. Please feel free to add your own tips! You can get to these from the Intranet. Go to: "IT Resources". In the "E-Mail" section, click on Cleaning Up Your Mail When You Are Close To Quota. Quick summary:
Posted by jdorner ( Nov 19 2008, 10:42:58 AM EST / Sep 21 2007, 10:37:27 AM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0] Trackback: http://blogs.lib.ncsu.edu/techtalk/entry/dealing_with_email_quota |
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Wednesday September 12, 2007 |
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University Security Update
If you have a unity account, you probably recently received a message about the new University Password Policy. There are a couple of points I want to make sure you take away from this message. 1. MOST IMPORTANTLY: If you have not done so yet, update your UIA information. (User Identification and Authentication (UIA) is an online verification procedure implemented by Resource Management and Information Systems and used by University Help Desks to identify customers who make telephone requests to those help desks to have their passwords reset.) Go to: http://www.acs.ncsu.edu/uia to select three questions that the helpdesk will use to identify you. If you forget your password (or mistype it more than 8 times in a row), you will need to personally visit the University Help Desk with a photo ID - UNLESS you have previously updated your UIA information. You can't do this after you have forgotten your password!!! 2. Depending on your security level, you will need to change your unity password every 365 days, 90 days or 30 days. If you are accessing the Human Resources and Financial System (i.e. you enter your travel reimbursement requests), you will need to change your password every 90 days. You will know when it is time because 14 days prior to needing to change your password, you will start getting a reminder when you log in. When you see this reminder, go ahead and follow the instructions to change your password. Posted by jdorner ( Nov 19 2008, 10:42:58 AM EST / Sep 12 2007, 04:15:33 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [1] Trackback: http://blogs.lib.ncsu.edu/techtalk/entry/university_security_update |
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Tuesday March 27, 2007 |
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Need More Email Quota Space?
If you don't have enough quota you can get more! Go to: http://sysnews.ncsu.edu/ In the "User Info" box (top left) click on "login now" - if you haven't already been authenticated. In the "User Info" box click on "Quota Manager" Make sure you have requested the maximum amount you are allowed- 300 MB split between your AFS, Email and Novell accounts.If you aren't using AFS or Novell, you can have up to 200 MB for your email. In the box at the bottom, there is a link to the "Purchased Space Tool". The cost is $10.00 plus $1.80 per 100 MB per year There is a new purchase setup fee of $10. So, for $13.60 per year (plus $10 the first year) you can double your quota. Posted by jdorner ( Nov 19 2008, 10:42:58 AM EST / Mar 27 2007, 05:07:17 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0] Trackback: http://blogs.lib.ncsu.edu/techtalk/entry/need_more_email_quota_space |
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Tuesday June 06, 2006 |
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WolfBlogs
WolfBlogs (http://blogs.lib.ncsu.edu/ is a service provided by the NCSU Libraries to support the personal and curricular activities of the NC State community. All you need to get started is your NC State Unity ID and password. After registering for the WolfBlogs service, click on the "create one" link on the main menu. This will take you to the "Create Weblog" screen, which requires you to input a name, description, and URL for your blog, which will then be created. Blogs have been around for several years now. (See: Blogs and Wikis Tech Talk: November, 2004) Now, you can have your own blog hosted by the NCSU Library. Of course, if you want a more personal blog, you can go to sites like Blogger. I'm posting the articles found in this newsletter to a new blog TechTalk so you can see how well it works for you. Some of the advantages of changing this newsletter to a blog format are:
For the time being, I think I'll try posting to both and let you see which format you prefer - please let me know which and why. IF we decide to convert Tech Talk to a blog format would you like to get a message at the end of each month with a brief description of what has been posted during the month? How could an Extension Agent use this?
Posted by jdorner ( Nov 19 2008, 10:42:58 AM EST / Jun 06 2006, 01:19:16 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0] Trackback: http://blogs.lib.ncsu.edu/techtalk/entry/wolfblogs |