Bytes 'n Bites Forum: Phishing: What it is and how to handle it
Bytes 'n Bites is a casual forum for discussion of technology issues for the Binghamton University community. Bring your lunch, your questions, your comments. The first forum topic of the year is: Phishing: What it is and how to handle it
Date: Sep 22, 2008
Microsoft Throttling Messages From BU
Since mid-morning Tues., Sept. 9, Microsoft has been throttling messages it receives from BU. The domains subject to throttling are hotmail.com, msn.com, and live.com. The result of this throttling is that very little mail is being transfered from BU to the any of these domains.
Date: Sep 10, 2008
NYCSCIC Issues Fake Email Warning
The New York State Office of Cyber Security and Critical Information Coordination (NYCSCIC) has issued a warning about fake email from CNN.
Date: Aug 11, 2008
Phishing Scams Compromise BU Computer Accounts
In past weeks, Information Technology Services has found evidence of several compromised computer accounts. Generally, these are discovered when the accounts are used by some unknown party to send large amounts of spam email to other institutions. The account owner is usually not aware of this improper use.
Date: Jul 18, 2008
Information Technology Services Warns of Phishing Scams
Information Technology Services has been notified about two recent e-mail phishing scams from accounts claiming to be Binghamton University e-mail addresses and asking recipients to send their passwords via a reply e-mail.
Date: May 02, 2008
Bytes ‘n Bites Session: Reducing Unwanted Email
Bytes ‘n Bites session offered Fri. Jan. 25:
Spam: How can you reduce unwanted email in your inbox?
Join Tom Blake and Tunis Cooper for a short presentation on tools, techniques and tricks you can use to reduce unwanted email. They’ll also discuss ways you can use your mail client to filter the mail in your inbox so that important messages are spotted quickly.
When: Friday, January 25 - Noon to 1:00 pm
Where: Academic A, G05, The Collaboratory
Date: Jan 24, 2008
E-Mail Accounts Frozen Until Sept. 24
ITS will freeze email accounts beginning Wednesday, Sept. 19, to prepare for the transition to the new Mirapoint email system. No new accounts will be created, no changes will be permitted to forwarding or aliases and no quota changes will be made until the transition is complete. The transition should be complete by Monday, Sept. 24.
Date: Sep 17, 2007
ITS Bytes ’n Bites Returns This Thursday, Sept. 13
Information Technology Services announces the return of Bytes ’n Bites, a casual forum for discussion of technology issues for the Binghamton University community. The first forum of the year, to be held from noon - 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, in LH-10, will be Mirapoint: Binghamton’s new e-mail system.
Date: Sep 11, 2007
Mail System Change on Sunday, September 23
Campus electronic mail is being converted to a Mirapoint mail appliance. The final cut over is scheduled to begin at approximately 6:00 p.m., on Sunday, September 23. The transition includes transferring user accounts, forwarding addresses, aliases, existing inboxes and SquirrelMail address books from the Cyrus server environment to Mirapoint. The major noticeable difference is a switch in authentication from Kerberos to the PodsID. Your mail password will now be the same as your Pods password.
Date: Sep 10, 2007
"Storm" Surge Likely Spam Culprit
Storm, the Trojan horse that collects PCs into hacker-controlled botnets has become the most prolific e-mail-borne malware ever. According to a computerworld.com article, Storm is designed to propagate more copies of itself, as well as release huge quantities of spam.
Date: Aug 23, 2007
