September 20, 2023
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Join the Office of Information Security as we celebrate throughout the month with awareness videos, online and in-person presentations, training sessions, contests, and info booths on securing personal and UW data and devices We’ve planned a variety of in-person and virtual events, including opportunities to participate in awareness contests…
August 24, 2023
You’ve probably heard of phishing. And maybe even vishing, or voice phishing, which is the practice of using phone calls to try to entice potential victims to give up personal information. Then there’s smishing, which employs text messages for the same thing. And spear phishing involves doing research to design phishing lures that target a…
August 23, 2023
What are tech support scams? What is the impact? How can I avoid these scams? What if I have fallen victim to a scam? Resources What are tech support scams? In a technical support scam, a cyber thief will contact you, either by phone or through a website via a pop-up window in your web…
July 28, 2023
If you’ll be a new UW student this fall, one important point of cybersecurity awareness is that threat actors have scams for every occasion and every season. Equifax has a guide for spotting scams that might target you as you prepare for school on their idwatchdog web site. They describe scams related to scholarships and…
July 7, 2023
Every October, the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) teams up with the Cybersecurity Infrastructure & Security Agency (CISA) to promote National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). This year, all the summer sun and iced coffees have inspired us to start preparing for NCSAM in July because it’s never too early to be Cyber Smart. Throughout the next…
June 16, 2023
Cyber criminals and other adversaries may use specialized search engines (such as Shodan) to find vulnerable, publicly accessible systems, including servers, switches, printers, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and either exploit those devices or use them to gather information about an organization. Assigning a private IP address can reduce the exposure of a device,…