December 21, 2023
Review these tips and stay Cyber Smart all year long! We want to help you stay Cyber Smart in 2024 with tips for securing connections, devices, and login credentials, as well as ways to spot phishing and scams. Each week in January, we’ll post a new resolution, so stay tuned. Resolution #1: Secure your connections…
December 8, 2023
It is being reported that UW students who use their UW email address in the LifeWise Assurance Company system have received change-of-email notifications. If you are a UW student and you received this email, please visit the LifeWise Assurance Company website. An alert on their home page addresses this issue and it appears as if…
December 7, 2023
The UW Police Department has published a warning about a surge in scams at UW. Visit their blog to find their list of helpful tips, descriptions of recent scams, and a video to learn more about how to thwart attackers who target UW students with fraudulent emails, phone calls, and texts that either offer employment…
November 9, 2023
Whether you’re traveling to places near or far this holiday season, it’s a good idea to take steps to secure your data and devices. For instance: Encrypt laptops and other mobile devices to keep data secure if the device is lost or stolen. Keep all software, including antivirus, up to date on all devices. Use a…
November 6, 2023
As the winter holiday season approaches, take time to review alerts about about seasonal scams. Scams may arrive as email, text, phone, and social media messages. They are continually adapted to target university communities through phishing, gift card scams, phony holiday invitations and messages, fraudulent offers for seasonal employment, and in many other forms. Your…
November 2, 2023
Whether you’re traveling or staying close to home in the coming holiday season, remember to secure your laptops and other mobile devices from theft. Stolen laptops are a common cause of unauthorized disclosure and loss of data at universities. If your laptop is lost or stolen, resulting in a breach of personal information, Washington state…