Since 2019, IS&T has been diligently working to enroll all Chapman users to Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). By the end of the 2021 summer, all faculty, staff, and student employees were successfully enrolled in 2FA. We are excited to announce that all students are now enrolled in 2FA as of the end of October 2021. This
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a global effort to help everyone stay safe and protected when using technology whenever and however you connect. The theme for the month is, ‘Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart.’ and Chapman University is proud to be a champion and support this online safety and education initiative this October. The cybersecurity and
On August 17th, T-Mobile learned that their servers had been illegally accessed by a cyber attacker. During this breach, many customer profiles had personal information stolen during this breach. T-Mobile has indicated that they have been able to locate where the cyber attacker was able to access their servers and have closed it off. For
During the month of March 2021, FBI released its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) Crime Report. The report contains information from 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime and reported losses exceeding $4.2 billion (yes, with a B). The top three crimes reported using the IC3 platform were: phishing scams non-payment/non-delivery scams extortion Covid-19 scams also
Starting Wednesday, March 17th, IS&T will be turning on Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) services for over 100 Chapman software applications. Below are just a few of the 100+ software applications that will be moved behind 2FA: Canvas Concur Everfi ExamSoft LinkedIn Learning Panopto Qualtrics Zoom And many more! Over the past several weeks, IS&T has been
MacOS “Big Sur” Issues Recently, Apple released their latest macOS upgrade “Big Sur”. Aside from the latest and greatest software upgrades and enhancements Big Sur has to offer, there is hidden issue IS&T would like to make all Chapman Apple users aware of. Before running the Big Sur upgrade install, it is vital that you
With the growing demand for online convenience, the need for strong account and network security is very important. Since March, many people have had to move away from their secured network environments at work to their home offices. And you better believe that cyber criminals have been taking advantage of the situation. That is why
What is 2FA? Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) adds an extra layer of defense against cyber criminals by requiring users to provide additional ID verification when attempting to access Chapman University systems from off-campus only. So even if your Chapman University account login information is stolen, the hackers will be unable to access your email and other
Our Department of Information Security would like to make you aware of an emerging phishing scam targeting institution’s Outlook quarantine policy. Cyber attackers are using legitimate email quarantine messages to lure users into unknowingly giving up their username and password. Here is how the phishing scam works: The attackers impersonates technical support sending fake email
This is an important notice from the Chapman University Office of Information Security. We have been notified that the Dark Web is being flooded by data for sale due to recent third-party site data breaches (see “Hacker group floods dark web with data stolen from 11 companies“). One of the sites listed among those who’s