At this time of year phishers and scammers are counting on you being too busy and distracted to pay real attention to their attacks. Entering your password in a malicious website (that is pretending to look like a legitimate Etown-related website)…
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Protecting Your Account with MFA
Posted in Computer Tips, Cybersecurity, Digital Citizenship, Home Page, Web Tips, Windows 10 Tagged with: cybersecurity, email, multi-factor authentication, password, security, tech tip, technology
Outlook Cortana Briefings
Do you find yourself constantly forgetting to respond to emails? Need a refresher on the documents sent to you a week ago for a meeting? Looking to schedule some time to just get some work done with no distractions? Outlook’s…
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Etown’s Status Page
Cant log into you email? Can’t submit your assignment on Canvas? Can’t connect to your Zoom meeting? Now with Etown’s new status page you can check if you are the only one having the issue. Our new status page displays…
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Posted in Computer Tips, Digital Citizenship, Home Page, Web Tips Tagged with: Canvas, computer, email, phone, Print, Statuspage, web, Wireless
An Update to Edge is Coming
If you’re a PC user, you’ve probably seen information about the new version of Microsoft’s browser, Edge (https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/01/15/new-year-new-browser-the-new-microsoft-edge-is-out-of-preview-and-now-available-for-download/). The new browser is based on the Chromium open-source project that Chrome uses. Over the next several weeks, college-owned computers will be…
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Posted in Computer Tips, Home Page, Web Tips, Windows 10 Tagged with: computer, Edge, internet browser, tech tip
Ransomware Infections on the Rise – COVID-19
We recently received the following information via an announcement from our anti-virus software provider Cisco AMP for Endpoints: The Cisco AMP for Endpoints research team has observed increasing incidences of malicious activity culminating in ransomware. These incidents often begin with…
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Posted in Computer Tips, Cybersecurity, Digital Citizenship, Home Page, Training, Web Tips Tagged with: cybersecurity, faculty, phish, security, staff, students, technology
Fake Charity Websites – COVID-19
KnowBe4, our partner in cybersecurity, have provided suggestions and resources for keeping your accounts safe in these uncertain times. This post, and all of those in this series, are taken directly from their website. Fake charity websites: There has been…
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Posted in Computer Tips, Cybersecurity, Digital Citizenship, Home Page, Training, Web Tips Tagged with: cybersecurity, faculty, phish, security, staff, students, technology
Phishing Scams – Fake Safety Information – COVID-19
KnowBe4, our partner in cybersecurity, have provided suggestions and resources for keeping your accounts safe in these uncertain times. This post, and all of those in this series, are taken directly from their website. Phishing scams – Fake safety information:…
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Posted in Computer Tips, Cybersecurity, Digital Citizenship, Home Page, Training, Web Tips Tagged with: cybersecurity, faculty, phish, security, staff, students, technology
Phishing Scams – Fake Internal Communications – COVID-19
KnowBe4, our partner in cybersecurity, have provided suggestions and resources for keeping your accounts safe in these uncertain times. This post, and all of those in this series, are taken directly from their website. Phishing scams – Fake internal communications:…
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Posted in Computer Tips, Cybersecurity, Digital Citizenship, Home Page, Training, Web Tips Tagged with: cybersecurity, faculty, phish, security, staff, students, technology
Cybersecurity – COVID-19
KnowBe4, our partner in cybersecurity, have provided suggestions and resources for keeping your accounts safe in these uncertain times. This post, and the next several in this series, are taken directly from their website. Watch out for scams! After global…
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Posted in Computer Tips, Cybersecurity, Digital Citizenship, Home Page, Training, Web Tips Tagged with: cybersecurity, faculty, phish, security, staff, students, technology
Office365 Upload Center Changes
On September 17th, Microsoft Office announced that the Uploads Center used by Office365 users would be retired. In the past, users have been able to access files that did not upload properly in the Uploads Center; now, these files will be accessed…
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Posted in Home Page, Office 2016, Web Tips Tagged with: faculty, MSOffice, Office 365, staff, students, technology, web
Tech Tip: Web Printing
ITS offers many services to students, including printing. Often, first years and even upperclassmen don’t know the full scope of the printing services that E-town offers. Many students email themselves files and print them out from a computer lab. While…
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Tech Tip: Office 365 OneDrive
Most students are aware of the Microsoft Office package that’s available to students. But did you know that Office also has an online component, called Office 365? Think the constant backing up of your files that you get with Google…
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Posted in Home Page, Web Tips Tagged with: MSOffice, Office 365, students, tech tip, technology, web
Tech Tip: Have You Been Pwned?
Companies are being hacked and losing encrypted information every day, even if it only makes the news occasionally. Want to know if your information has been part of a breach? Haveibeenpwned.com is here to help. Enter your email into their…
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Tech Tip: Personal Information on Search Sites
The amount of personal information that’s just a Google away is pretty scary. With just a name and area code, or a phone number, you can find out addresses, family members, and even criminal records on sites like Whitepages and…
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Posted in Digital Citizenship, Home Page, Web Tips Tagged with: faculty, security, staff, students, tech tip, technology, web
Social Engineering
We often think of hackers hunched over a computer, typing out code furiously to hack into the mainframe. But what about hackers who don’t fit that stereotype? With just a little knowledge of human behavior, they can manipulate people into…
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Posted in Digital Citizenship, Home Page, Web Tips Tagged with: faculty, security, social media, staff, students, technology, web