Scammers want you to send them money. They want your password(s) so that they can log into your accounts and steal your data. Many of their attempts are laughably easy to detect and ignore. Others are ... Continue Reading→
Gmail Security Checklist
Is your Google account secure? How can you be sure? Google has released a very helpful security checklist tool. This website walks you through making sure that your account is configured to be as ... Continue Reading→
Heartbleed Advisory
The Information Technology Office (IT Office) has been working to address security vulnerabilities related to the recent Heartbleed security issue. From the website: The Heartbleed Bug is a serious ... Continue Reading→
Password Reset Required on Conference Websites
The Information Technology Office has been working to address the recent Heartbleed vulnerability. This security issue affected the NCCUMC.org website and Ramus web hosting system. All Conference ... Continue Reading→
Microsoft Partners Phone Scam
Recently, the IT Office has been contacted about phone calls to NCCUMC staff and clergy from companies claiming to be Microsoft partners wanting access to their computer. Please do not give anyone ... Continue Reading→
What To Do With Suspicious Email Messages
The Information Technology (IT) Office recently wrote a brief article on a new phishing attack that was making the rounds of our email system. After news of this story broke we have been contacted ... Continue Reading→
Security Advisory: New Phishing Attack
There is a new phishing attack passing around where you are invited in a brief message to log into Google to view a confidential shared document. If you visit the page and log into the system you are ... Continue Reading→
Google Apps Internet Explorer 8 Advisory
*Important advisory for anyone still running Windows XP!* I recently received the following message from ... Continue Reading→
Carrier IQ
You may have noticed reports in the news recently about some mystery software from a company called Carrier IQ loaded on your smart phone. The reports initially said that this software was a rootkit ... Continue Reading→
Conficker Worm Targets Windows Workstations
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team has issued a security advisory on the Conficker Worm. This family of computer worms has infected thousands of computers world wide. The virus is ... Continue Reading→