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In response to the risk of Russian cyberattacks increasing due to the war in Ukraine, the White House has published a list of recommendations for organizations in the U.S. to prepare for security threats.

UC Davis' Information Security Office wants campus affiliates to review the Internal Revenue Service annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams. The IRS emphasizes that they “continue to see scam artists use the pandemic to steal money and information from honest taxpayers in a time of crisis.” The IRS estimates that identity thieves have stolen billions via tax fraud. Don’t become another victim!

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Heads up if you use eduroam, the UC Davis wireless network.

The campus will install a new electronic security certificate on eduroam at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2. This means you might see a prompt on your phone or other wireless device sometime after then, asking you to accept the new certificate.

In consideration of the Jan. 6 message from the Chancellor indicating that UC Davis will open winter quarter remotely through Jan. 28, instructors may find the information and resources at the following links useful:

Email attacks often begin with messages from an external email system. As part of UC Davis’s effort to reduce phishing and other email scams, Information & Educational Technology (IET) will begin tagging emails that originate from outside the University.

It’s the time of year again for festivities, family gatherings, and holiday shopping. Many consumers will shop online this year to avoid the crowds. Adopt these cybersecurity tips to make your online shopping experience less risky.

To further improve security, Duo was enabled on my.ucdavis.edu for UC Davis students, effective Oct. 27. This change will not affect faculty and staff as they are already using Duo on the site.

Duo multi-factor authentication was rolled out to students earlier this year on multiple services. With Duo now enabled on my.ucdavis.edu, students will be required to use Duo when logging in.

Phishing attacks are a persistent threat to our campus community, particularly via email. In order to better protect students, IET has enabled Duo on DavisMail for all students, effective Oct. 22, 2021.

Duo multi-factor authentication was rolled out to students earlier this year on multiple services. With Duo now enabled on DavisMail, students accessing Google applications via a web browser, including DavisMail, will be required to use Duo when logging in.

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is held every October to raise awareness about staying safe and secure online. The theme for 2021 is “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart,” helping to empower individuals and organizations to own their role in protecting their part of cyberspace.

Take these simple steps to improve your online safety and security and protect your personal information, connected devices, and university data:

In October, UC Davis affiliates may notice a slight change in the Duo Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) mobile application. The application will have an updated look and feel but there are no changes to how we use Duo.   

Here’s what to look for with the change:

“UC Davis builds a Service Hub that offers the Total Experience” - a project to improve customer experience - has won a Golden award from the University of California's Larry L. Sautter award program.

What would previously have taken years to accomplish will happen over a weekend in July.

The update will launch the new campus branding and other functionality to all campus websites on SiteFarm, the UC Davis created web content management system (CMS).

IET worked in close collaboration with Strategic Communications, and with SiteFarm users, to prepare for the update. Site owners had the opportunity to see what the update would look like on their dev sites, and provide feedback via a survey.

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 is a federal law that is designed to protect Internet Service Providers from copyright infringements done by their network users. The DMCA covers music, movies, software, textbooks - anything that is protected by copyright. This law applies to everyone using the UC Davis network.

Skype for Business Online will be retired by Microsoft on July 31, 2021.

UC Davis will transition to Teams Only mode for all users on June 30, 2021. Users will be directed to Microsoft Teams by the Skype client after the transition is made.

Next week a record 700+ attendees will attend the virtual Information Security Symposium. The event will present talks, labs, and discussions on topics involving cybersecurity and privacy for UC and other higher education security and compliance professionals. The theme is “Adapt” – a continuing priority as campuses adjust to changes caused by COVID-19.

The organizing committee created a list of top 5 reasons to attend the symposium: