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
Maintain Account Access with MFA
We’re all getting ready to put the Fall 2020 semester behind us and prepare for 2021, but with the temporary shift away from our roles as Etown College community members we need to remember that network passwords still expire over…
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Posted in Computer Tips, Cybersecurity, Digital Citizenship, Home Page, Windows 10 Tagged with: computer, cybersecurity, email, multi-factor authentication, password, tech tip
Tech Tip: Set Alternate Contact Information
Summer is a busy time, and sometimes we miss that notification from ITS that our password is expiring until it’s too late. As a precaution against this, be sure to set up alternative contact information so that you will be…
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Posted in Home Page Tagged with: email, faculty, Office 365, password, staff, students, tech tip, technology
Tech Tip: Outlook Not Working?
If you have just changed your network password, you may find that Outlook no longer works. To fix this, you will have to enter and save the new password in Outlook when you’re prompted. You will need to do this…
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Posted in Home Page, Office 2016 Tagged with: faculty, MSOffice, Office 2016, password, staff, students, tech tip, technology
Tech Tip: Reset Your Password Through Office365
The days of trouble resetting a forgotten password are over. You can now reset your password through Office365, using an alternate email or phone number. You should enter a backup email or phone here to ensure continued access to your…
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Posted in Home Page Tagged with: email, faculty, Office 365, password, staff, students, tech tip, technology
Tech Tip: Password Rules Update
With the transition to Office365 as our mail server, the rules for password complexity have changed slightly. In addition to the previous rules, your new password cannot contain any of Microsoft’s banned words (common words like Fall, Password, or Office) or…
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Posted in Home Page Tagged with: faculty, Office 365, password, security, staff, students, tech tip, technology
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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5 Things You Should Never Post on Social Media
Even in these internet security-savvy times, it can still be all too easy to post something on your social media that has unintended consequences. The internet is a very public place, and anything you post can be accessed by anyone,…
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Posted in Digital Citizenship, Home Page, Web Tips Tagged with: faculty, password, security, social media, staff, students, technology, web
Lock Down Your Login
ITS doesn’t keep drilling the importance of strong passwords for nothing. In our increasingly online world, we can’t afford to have weak passwords that open us up to attack and identity theft. A strong password is an essential part of…
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Posted in Digital Citizenship, Home Page, Web Tips Tagged with: faculty, password, security, staff, students, technology, web
New Year, New You 2018
As few as 25 years ago, communication was mostly limited to face-to-face interactions or word of mouth. With the tech age we live in now, communication has changed, and so too have conventions and manners. Below are 10 tech faux…
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Posted in Digital Citizenship, Home Page Tagged with: computer, email, faculty, password, phone, security, social media, staff, students, technology, web
Tech Tip: It’s Time to Change Your Password
Welcome back to campus! It’s that time of year again. Classes are starting and passwords need to be changed! It is best to change your password occasionally to maintain security for your account. When you change your password, it must…
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Posted in Canvas, Digital Citizenship, Home Page, New Student Tips Tagged with: email, faculty, Outlook, password, security, staff, students, technology
Think You’ve Been Hacked?
How do you know if you’ve been hacked? Maybe your friend tells you that they’ve received a spam-like email from your account. Maybe you start to notice unusually large amounts of pop-ups, redirecting webpages, or plugins that you don’t remember…
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Posted in Computer Tips, Digital Citizenship, Web Tips Tagged with: computer, email, faculty, password, security, staff, students, technology
Chrome Extensions to Amplify Productivity
There never seems to be a quiet moment as a student. The craziness of the first few weeks transitions into a steadily increasing workload of tests to study for and papers to write. Before you know it, it’s finals week.…
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Posted in Home Page, Web Tips Tagged with: faculty, google chrome, password, security, staff, students, technology, web
Step Up to Stronger Passwords
You’re in the vast unknown of the internet. You’re surrounded by countless other people. Most are going about their business innocently, like you. But some are creeping through the crowd, looking for a vulnerable person to hack. The only things…
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Posted in Computer Tips, Digital Citizenship, Web Tips Tagged with: faculty, password, security, staff, students, technology, web
VPN Over the Summer
VPN or Virtual Private Network allows a user to access network resources while off campus (including private and public folders) and software while off campus. The VPN system sends all traffic from your remote computer to the college’s network through an encrypted…
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Posted in Computer Tips, Digital Citizenship, Home Page, Web Tips Tagged with: computer, faculty, password, security, staff, technology, VPN, Wireless