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We’ve changed our istwlan certificate to a new issuer as the previous one as expires 01/12/2021. This may prompt your device to request that you trust the new certificate to continue to use the istwlan wifi connection. The new certificate to expect is: ‘wlan.ist.ac.at’; issuer ‘GEANT OV RSA CA 4’ If you’re unable to reconnect… Continue Reading All users – update to ISTWLAN wifi certificate
We’ve had reports that another round of Spear Phishing emails have been going out to some groups and staff. In these emails scammers are pretending to be group leaders, team leaders or executives to trick users. Please read this previous in-depth post to familiarise yourself with this type of attack. The above post also discusses… Continue Reading Reminder: Spear phishing – CEO fraud
Apple has released another large security update for Mac, iPhone and iPad and a new version of iOS (iOS 15). We recommend that all users make sure their Apple devices have these newest security updates installed (macOS for Mac PCs, iOS for smart devices such as iPhone and iPad) to ensure they’re protected. You can… Continue Reading Apple Security Update September 20 2021
While Ubuntu version 21.04 was released back in April, IST IT will not roll it out IST devices as we only use LTS versions. We recommend that all users do not update to Ubuntu 21.04. This is because the kernel versions are untested in our environment and may lead to stability issues and/or out of… Continue Reading Ubuntu 21.04 – possible stability issues
Apple has released a large security update on April 26th, including a fix for the CVE-2021-30657 logic issue (malware such as Shlayer had been reported to use this issue to breach Gatekeeper protections on downloads). We recommend that all users make sure their Apple devices have these newest security updates installed (macOS, iOS, Apple Watch and… Continue Reading Apple Security Update April 26 2021
The authentication of our webmail (https://owa.ist.ac.at/) has been changed to use our Shibboleth SSO (as most other applications), so it looks like: If you are on Campus/connected via VPN with an IST device, you should be logged in automatically, as well as if you already logged in somewhere else via SSO. Because of this change,… Continue Reading OWA changed to SSO
If you tried to access https://ppms.ist.ac.at/ and only got the following result: you are probably running an ad blocker in your browser. Even though it is highly recommended to run one, it can also block legitimate pages. One blocker IT can suggest is: uBlock Origin, which is available for all major browsers. To access PPMS,… Continue Reading PPMS is not loading
If you’re reading this you’re also the kind of person that’s struggling with keeping track of all the various tasks and requests coming your way on a daily basis. You’ve realised over the years that the human brain is not very good at remembering most things and have already tried several solutions for task and/or… Continue Reading Introduction to SuperProductivity, not just another to do list app
Andy Nguyen discovered that the Bluetooth implementation in the Linux kernel contained a type-confusion error. A physically proximate remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) orpossibly execute arbitrary code. Please update your system as soon as possible (sudo apt-get upgrade in the Terminal). If it’s currently not possible for… Continue Reading Linux kernel vulnerabilities (BleedingTooth)
Dear colleagues, Most of you are currently receiving a warning from ESET like this: We’re already working to deploy the latest version of it, so no action from your side is currently needed. Best, Your IT
