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Social Security Shares How You Can Protect Yourself From Scams

Dec 19, 2022
Cybersecurity

Social Security Administration would like to remind everyone about the increase of social security scams during the holiday season. For more tips on how you can spot a scam, how to report it, and how to prevent them, visit www.ssa.gov/scam/

CISA Releases Phishing Infographic

Dec 15, 2022
Cybersecurity

Today, CISA published a Phishing Infographic to help protect both organizations and individuals from successful phishing operations.

Cybersecurity Webinar: Protecting Yourself & UK at Home & Abroad

Oct 17, 2022, 3:00 – 4:00 PM
Cybersecurity

Join FBI Supervisory Special Agent Stephen Oakes on Monday, October 17 at 3pm as he talks about how you can protect yourself and the University at home and when traveling internationally. This session will be hosted live via Teams.

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Oct 12, 2022
Cybersecurity

Adobe has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe software. An attacker can exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

Microsoft Releases October 2022 Security Updates

Oct 11, 2022
Cybersecurity

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.

Bringing Cybersecurity Awareness Month to UK

Marci Adams
 Oct 4, 2022
Cybersecurity

The month of October is nationally recognized as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. UK Information Technology Services (UK ITS) wants to invite the UK community to learn more about cybersecurity best practices and current topics in the industry.  

Want to join the hunt? Cybersecurity Digital Scavenger Hunt

Oct 1–31, 2022
Cybersecurity

Follow the clues to find the answers in our Cybersecurity Digital Scavenger Hunt! Enter the correct answers to win a UK hat!

Tabletop Gaming: Backdoors & Breaches

Oct 6, 2022, 12:00 PM – Oct 27, 2022, 2:00 PM
Cybersecurity

Every Thursday in October from noon - 2pm in The Cornerstone, join members of the UK Cybersecurity team to play cybersecurity table top game Backdoors & Breaches.

Top 5 Job Scams: Tips to Recognize and Avoid These Career Traps

By Lexie Hobbs
 Sep 23, 2022
Cybersecurity

UK Information Technology Services (ITS) would like to inform students about common job scams circling the internet. In today's market, working from home has become an attractive concept. Unfortunately, hackers are also taking advantage of this trend, resulting in a surge of employment frauds of people seeking your financial or personal information. Here are some of the most common types of career scams and how to spot them.    1.) Reshipping Scams  What they are: 

Nelnet loan service data breach: What you should know

Marci Adams
 Sep 22, 2022
Cybersecurity

A student loan servicing technology, Nelnet Servicing, reported a data breach exposing personal information of students with loans from Oklahoma Student Loan Authority (OSLA) and EdFinancial. While this breach is not involved with any University of Kentucky systems, UK Information Technology Services (UK ITS) would like to make students aware of the potential implications of this breach.  What happened? 

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