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April 28th, 2015 Phishing Report

April 28th, 2015

Beware of a new phishing attempt going around asking users to follow a link to access some e-mail messages. The Information Security Office has received many notifications of this e-mail floating around. The e-mail format is as follows: “Subject: Re: Urgent/Important Maintainance Dear user@luc.edu, In regards to the ongoing maintainance. Some of your important messages […]


February Edition of OUCH! Home Network Security

February 9th, 2016

  Sans has just released the February issue of OUCH! This month, led by Guest Editor Cheryl Conley of Lockheed Martin, we focus on securing your home network. With so many devices nowadays connecting to people’s homes, we felt it was important that people understand how to secure them. As such, we ask you share OUCH! with your family, friends, […]


Password Change Scam Email

Password Change Scam Email

February 29th, 2016

Several Loyola staff and faculty have received an email that appears to be from a Loyola email address requesting that they change their password. The link in the email will open to a page that looks to be an official Password Change page from the university.  Although this page is not in the normal Loyola […]


March Edition of OUCH! – What Is Malware?

March 2nd, 2016

Sans has released the March edition of OUCH! This month, led by Guest Editor Lenny Zeltser, we focus on malware. Specifically, what malware is and the key steps you can take to protect yourself against it. (Hint: it’s not just anti-virus software.) As such, we ask you share OUCH! with your family, friends, and coworkers. […]


April Edition of OUCH! – I’m Hacked, Now What?

April 6th, 2016

Check out the April issue of OUCH! led by Guest Editor Samantha Davison, head of security awareness at Uber. Samantha discusses the topic “I’m Hacked, Now What.” More specifically, she describes clues you can use to tell if your system has been hacked, and, if so, what you can do about it. This is a […]


SPAM Email Contains Ransomware

April 7th, 2016

Early this morning, Loyola email users may have noticed an email in their inbox that appears ot come from a legitimate source containing a Word document that has an embedded program that attempts to install ransomware named “Locky” The email looks to be from: ebilling@angelsprings.com and has the subject line: “Your Latest Documents from Angel […]


Thursday May 5th is World Password Day

May 5th, 2016

  May 5 is World Password Day, an annual effort to encourage safe password practices. The World Password Day 2016 theme is multi-factor authentication (MFA) – also called two-factor authentication (2FA) or two-step verification – which provides an extra layer of security to your online activities. The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a proud champion […]


May Edition of OUCH! – Internet of Things

May 10th, 2016

We are excited to announce the May issue of OUCH! This month, led by the infamous James Lyne, we focus on the Internet of Things (IoT). Specifically, we discuss what IoT is, how IoT impacts our personal lives, and what we can do to protect IoT devices.  As such, we ask you share OUCH! with […]


June Edition of OUCH! – Encryption

June 2nd, 2016

We are excited to announce the June issue of OUCH! This month, led by Guest Editor Francesca Bosco, a privacy lawyer at the United Nations, we focus on encryption. Far too often we tell people to encrypt their information and their devices, but many people do not understand what encryption is, how it works or […]


January Edition of OUCH! Tablet Security

January 14th, 2016

SANS has released their January edition of OUCH! This month Guest Editor Lori Rosenberg focuses on securing your new tablet. With the holidays over, we figured this was the perfect time for people to secure all of their new mobile devices. As such, we ask you share OUCH! with your family, friends and coworkers.   […]