“Collection #1” – Data Breach
As you might have already read in the news, personal data (email-addresses, passwords,…) has been published and sold on the internet – again. Read More …
Category: IT Security
Phishing mail from April 17, 2018
The following phishing mail has been sent to a number of IST Austria recipients. The sender address seem to be a hacked university (Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University) account. From: Nourah A. Algdeb <naalgdeb@pnu.edu.sa> Subject: Informationszentrum IST Owa 2018 Screenshot of the email: Do not click on links or download attachments of suspicious emails.
Has my password been hacked?
We hope not, but it is not always easy to be sure. As we’re all users of free (or non-free) services in the world wide web, and there are also successful attacks against such services, it is possible that one of your accounts (and the password) has been compromised. There are services in the internet, Read More …
Do you know your colleague?
IST Austria is growing every day – not only by new buildings, much more by new people joining the IST Austria community. As we already are more then 600 employees on campus, it’s not easy to keep track about who’s here. We’ve of course offer the service “New on campus” via ICP: https://icp.ist.ac.at/search/users/new_on_campus, but following such Read More …
WannaCry ransomware
Again, a virus is infecting Windows computers all over the world. Unfortunately this type of ransom ware is not only infecting the computer where it was initially started, by using a vulnerability of Windows, it will distribute over the network. Protect your devices Please follow these advises to prevent an outbreak: Allow your Windows PC Read More …
Internet Security Quiz
Can you make a good judgment on what and who you can trust on the internet? While all Internet users might be exposed to Internet fraud, the golden rule is the more you know the better you can protect yourself. Take this Internet Security Quiz (only 6 questions) and see how much you know about Read More …
UltraVNC installation and some ESET issues
Together with your new virus scan, you might have detected a large eye icon () in your task bar. This is ONLY used to help you with remote assistance, where you explicitly have to approve the access. Requests for access, on the other hand, can only be initiated by members of IT. This should help Read More …
New Virus scan @ IST Austria
In the coming weeks the IT department will gradually roll out a new antivirus product on all IST Windows computers. The currently used F-Secure Antivirus will be replaced by the ESET Endpoint Protection. ESET setup will run in the background, you’ll only notice a couple of notifications from the Windows Action Center: first Antivirus software Read More …
Check your Browser
Unfortunately, a lot of the latest IT treats where triggered by webpages – and outdated browsers. It is always a good idea to make sure, that you’re using the latest version of your browser. Testing can be done by using one of the following links: https://hpi-vdb.de/vulndb/sd_first/ https://browsercheck.qualys.com/ This would also be very important for any Read More …
Verbund emails – again
Another mutation of the infamous Verbund trojan has reached some users. Please just delete these emails on arrival, you see a screenshot below. As always: Stay suspicious when receiving emails which contain external links or attachments, and if unsure forward mails to it@ist.ac.at, and we’ll check them for you.