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Category Archive: Security News
By Evan Campbell
July 7, 2022 11:49 am MT
Posted in E-mail, General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Security News
July 7, 2022 11:49 am MT
Posted in E-mail, General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Security News
Microsoft has created a new feature in Outlook that allows you to report emails as either spam or phishing without having to forward them to the Division of IT. This article will show you how to use this new feature in both the Outlook client as well as the M365 portal version of Outlook for […]
Now that you have one DUO device registered for 2-factor authentication let’s get a second one setup so that if anything happens to the first device you’re not locked out of email or Teams! Here are a few examples of good secondary devices to register. If you have an office phone you can register it’s […]
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By Ross Madden
April 9, 2018 9:43 am MT
Posted in Apple, General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Security News, Tips and Tricks, Windows
By Ross Madden
April 9, 2018 9:43 am MT
Posted in Apple, General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Security News, Tips and Tricks, Windows
Beginning April 25th, 2018 the Pulse Secure VPN client we know and love will start utilizing DUO two factor authentication. This applies you to if you use the Pulse Secure desktop or mobile app to access on campus resources while you are at home or traveling (in short, if you are off campus). While this […]
As you may be aware, support for Windows XP (and Office 2003) will end on April 8, 2014 (more info here). This carries significant risks to CSU due to the potential of having a non-supported operating system in the environment and additional risks of which your Microsoft team feels compelled to make you aware, including: […]
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By Ross Madden
January 16, 2013 10:33 am MT
Posted in Internet & Networking, Security, Security News
By Ross Madden
January 16, 2013 10:33 am MT
Posted in Internet & Networking, Security, Security News
Most of us are aware of this by now, but I received the following, very well written explanation of the problem and steps to take at this point. As before, when I get these, and feel they should be given a wider audience, I will repost for the CNSIT community. “As everyone is probably painfully […]
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By CNS IT
December 18, 2012 4:17 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Security, Security News
By CNS IT
December 18, 2012 4:17 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Security, Security News
Rootkit Viruses are stealthy viruses that can cause great damage to your operating system and even to your hardware if they are in the “firmware rootkit” class. Several classes of rootkit viruses exist: persistent, memory-based, user-mode, kernel-mode and firmware driven. Installation of these rootkit viruses are automated and can evade many anti-virus programs. Removal of […]
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By Ross Madden
April 9, 2012 1:10 pm MT
Posted in Apple, General CNSIT, Security News
By Ross Madden
April 9, 2012 1:10 pm MT
Posted in Apple, General CNSIT, Security News
UPDATE: Apple Software Update (top left Apple Menu -> Software Update) now has a patch for the Flashback malware – it will appear as something similar to ‘Java for OS X 2012-003’ – Be sure to run software update to protect yourself from this vulnerability! SUBNET MANAGER LIST MESSAGE FROM ACNS BELOW CSU has begun […]
SSL certificates are the little files installed on a web server that allow a computer to establish secure (SSL) connections for transmitting sensitive data over the Internet. Web sites that use ‘https’ must use these SSL certificates to create these secure connections from client to server. In late (very late) 2009 the SSL certificate provider […]
