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Watch for New Email Scam
IT has received multiple reports of an email scam that purports to be from UWO administration. Similar to previous attacks, the attacker sends an email that appears to come from a trusted person or a leader. In this case, the attacker is using Chancellor Leavitt's...
Update: TitanWeb and Titan Admin Available
TitanWeb and TitanAdmin have been successfully upgraded and are now available. Thank you to the technical and functional upgrade teams for the long hours and weekends required to make this upgrade a success! TitanWeb and TitanAdmin Outage Planned (2/22/19) Titan Web...
IT Leadership Announced
Congratulations to the new IT leadership! Mark Clements, Interim Chief Information Officer Victor Alatorre, Chief Technical Officer Laura Knaapen, Deputy Chief Information Officer Looking forward to what the future will bring to IT at UW Oshkosh!
Information Security Training
All employees are required to complete annual online security training. An email was sent by Lawroom on October 18th with instructions on how to log in and get started. If you did not receive the email message, simply log into Lawroom...
Extortion Emails
Scammers are taking advantage of a recently posted list of usernames and passwords from hacked websites in an attempt to extort money from the victims of the hack. The scam email sends you your password from the hacked site with a message that claims that the scammer...
Third-party password database made public
A database of almost 42 million usernames and passwords was recently posted to a public site on the Internet. The information security site BleepingComputer.com reports that the database was uploaded to kayo.moe and is publicly available...
Watch for ‘work from home’ scam!
Please be aware of an ongoing email-based scam that is affecting UWO employees and students. A criminal or group of criminals are posing as a doctor or other professional who is in need of a personal assistant. The emails are well written and very convincing. When a...
Welcome (Back) to Campus!
Welcome and Welcome Back students and instructors! New students - beware and be wary of emails making job offers or asking for your passwords. These are scams. Returning students - if it has been 180 days since you changed your NetID password, you will be getting...
Phishing Attempt Employment Offer
There is an email circulating that appears to be a job offer for campus employment. It is most likely listed as from a Dr. William Morgan, but the From: email addresses will vary. The subject will be something like this: "New Employment For College Student While On...
Cell Phone Scam in Progress
IT has received reports that several students have received texts instructing them to call the Student Health Center about their medications and provides them some phone numbers to call. These texts are NOT an official message from the Student Health Center and should...