FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 2, 2023
Marci Adams
UK Information Technology Services
Assistant Director, Communications and Strategic Engagement
marci@uky.edu
October is Cybersecurity awareness month, and University of Kentucky Information Technology Services (UK ITS) invites students, faculty, and staff to attend CyberCon 2023.
UK Information Technology Services (UK ITS) would like to inform students, faculty, and staff of multiple, coordinated phishing attacks using internal compromised accounts. Please read more on what to do if you receive a phishing attack.
UK ITS would like to inform students, faculty, and staff of a known scam that impersonates a Microsoft support page. The scam appears after clicking a malicious link currently hosted on external websites that then directs the recipient to a fake Windows Defender Security Center page that urges calling a security helpline.
In the coming weeks, UK students, faculty, and staff will be receiving a fake or simulated phishing attack as part of UK Information Technology Services (UK ITS) efforts to enhance its cybersecurity preparedness.
Original release date: February 14, 2023
Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox 110 and Firefox ESR. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.
Original release date: February 14, 2023
Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. An attacker can exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.
