COVID-19 Scams on the rise
The Office of Information Security is receiving notifications about new scams and phishing emails that use the Coronavirus pandemic as an “attention-grabber”. Some of the most recent scams and hacks: The ‘Emergency – COVID-19 Informator’ or ‘COVID-19 Inform App’. For this scam, the attackers compromise home routers with weak admin passwords and change the
Coronavirus Map Email Scam New email scam that will infect your computer with malware.
IS&T has received several notifications today about the existence of a website (corona-virus-map[.]com) that promises up to date information about the COVID-19 corona virus, but whose real purpose is to infect visitors’ computers with malware. This particular site stole an image from the John Hopkins interactive map and will only compromise unpatched Windows systems. However,
Microsoft Teams Replacing Skype for Business Microsoft set to retire Skype for Business.
You may have already heard the news – Skype for Business is being retired by Microsoft. Their new tool, Microsoft Teams, has been built from the ground up and provides a significantly improved experience for chat, meetings, and collaboration. As an existing Skype for Business user, we’d like you to try using Microsoft Teams for
The Federal Trade Commission warns about increase in Gift Card Scams + Simulated Phish email
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns about increase in Gift Card Scams. According to the FTC gift cards are the #1 payment method for impostor scams. In the gift card scam, the scammer plays into your emotions by impersonating someone else and urgently asking or sometimes demanding you to buy gift cards. According to the
International Data Privacy Day 2020
Data Privacy Day is an international effort held annually on Jan. 28 to create awareness about the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data and enabling trust. Data Privacy Day spotlights the value of information and how to “Own Your Privacy”. Privacy and protecting personal information is important to Chapman University. One thing we encourage everyone
Find My Meeting Meeting scheduling made easy!
When it comes to scheduling meetings in Outlook, finding common times is probably the most frustrating part. IS&T would like to introduce you to a new tool called Meeting Poll. Meeting Poll is an Outlook 365 add-in that helps you quickly and easily find common times on your calendar that match other attendees’ calendars. How
MyAnalytics Microsoft's MyAnalytics services have been turned off.
What is MyAnalytics? MyAnalytics is a Microsoft Office 365 application designed to help you gain insight into how and who you spend your time, with the goal of optimizing tasks and making you more efficient. For those who are using MyAnayltics, please be aware that IS&T has turned off the services on all university owned
Browser Update October 31 Scheduled update for CU's web content management system
On Friday, October 31st, our web content management system that manages our Chapman website will be updated between 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (PST). There will be no downtime during the upgrade process; however, after the update the web content management system will detect if users are running an older browser version. If so, the
New Email Filtering System
Recently, the campus has moved its’ email to Office 365. For more information on Office 365, please visit Chapman.edu/Office365. We will also be offering some “Tips & Tricks in Office 365” classes through the Fall (see below). One of the advantages of this platform is that spam mail is now handled right in your mailbox
Robust Collaborating with Office 365’s Teams What is Microsoft Teams?
Don’t be alarmed – a virus has NOT been installed on your computer. Currently, our video teleconferencing tool is Skype for Business (S4B), but it will eventually phase out. All functionality of Skype for Business will be available on Microsoft Teams. Recently, you may have noticed a new application installed on your computer that auto