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October is here : Security Challenge for MSU Students
October is National Cyber Secuurity Awareness Month(NCSAM), and yes, October is here again. In 2006, We at the MSU Security Awareness Center joined the rest of the nation in observing the NCSAM with distribution of posters, dissemination of information through this blog and several presentations on campus. This year, we are upping the ante by... »
Phishing attack : Please ignore
——Original Message—— From: University Webmail SystemReply To:c_ta@live.com Sent: Jun 2, 2008 2:44 AM Subject: NOTICE EMAIL USER Dear Customer, Our investigation of spam complaints shows that your email address is compromised and was used to send spam message through our webmail system. Your Username will be disable if you did not comply with this email by filling out this form... »
Last Song for Netscape Navigator
Netscape Navigator, once the king of the web-browsing world, rendered its last song with the recent release of version 9.0.0.6 . According to AOL the current owner of the Netscape project, Netscape will no longer be supported from March 1, 2008. While the eventual demise of the Netscape browser was innevatibale after the brand... »
US Government Programs on Identity Theft
Several US Government agencies have identity theft in their focus mostly because of its impact on consumer confidence as well as the implications to citizen tax payers and businesses across the nation. Some of these agencies and their Id Theft campaigns are: The US Department of Justics (DoJ) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) The Social Security Administration... »
National Cyber Security Awareness Month Program (October 2007)
The Morgan State University Security Awareness Center (MSUSAC) , a program under the division of planning and information technology is once again coordinating a campus-wide security awareness program in observance of the annual Cyber Security Awareness month in October. Program History In 2004, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), an information technology trade group, launched... »
Five ways to protect yourself online
Install and Update Anti-Virus Software MSU offers free anti-virus to students in Residence Life Update Your operating system on a regular basis Take advantage of the software updates in Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Mac and Linux Don’t share illegal files Uploading and... »
Security Updates at Morgan
The University recently completed a comprehensive upgrade of the entire network infrastructure including hardware, software, and configuration changes. The entire array of network switches, routers and multi-layered switches have been updated to more current versions of the hardware to ensure continued availability of these resources for optimum network performance. Network operating systems have also... »
