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This fake email was sent to a number of teaching faculty members, alerting them falsely that they were exposed to a student in class with Covid.

What makes this a phishing message?

This targeted phishing scam pretending to be a UC WarnMe Health alert.

This targeted phishing scam uses urgency and fear to cause the recipients to act, the text is also very well done and the non-UCB link is obscured.

Tips if Something Seems Off:

UC Berkeley Help Desks will NEVER initiate contact directly via text to personal cell phone numbers.

Many IT facilities and services will be closed or operating on modified schedules during the winter holidays and curtailment from Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, through Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. Most offices will be closed and services will not be available unless otherwise noted below. 

Colleagues,

One IT employs 300-350 student staff that deliver 140,000 hours of work annually! Because of this, supervisors of students have the unique opportunity to ensure their students are performing their job duties while also fostering an environment of professional growth, constant learning, and mentorship. Patricia Juárez and Kimberley Pascual of Berkeley IT Productivity and Collaboration have created an exemplary supervisor/student relationship highlighting the importance of open communication and mutual understanding, leading to excellent results.

A web application security testing course created by the UC Berkeley Information Security team, in partnership with the School of Information’s Master of Information and Cybersecurity Program, is receiving industry awards and acknowledgment.

Dear One IT Community,

I’m excited to share some updates with you on what’s been happening with the One IT Student Leadership Program this year and with student employment at large on our campus. 

https://uctechnews.ucop.edu/explore-communications-ux-at-uc-tech/

Dear Campus Community,

Every October, we aim to increase cybersecurity awareness by offering guidance on safeguarding your data. Technology plays a key role in supporting the mission of teaching, research, and public service at Berkeley. Since each of us needs to be cyber-savvy to stay safe, we invite you to take the following actions to help protect your devices and data. 

Dear One IT Colleagues, 

We are excited to announce that our bi-monthly CIO Open Forum has been rebranded as the “One IT Forum.” The forum will continue to serve as a space for connecting with our peers and will now include presentations from faculty members sharing research and teaching insights enabled by technology, as well as presentations from service providers across One IT, highlighting their work to the community.

UC Berkeley experts received a $1.5 million grant from the California Education Learning Lab (Learning Lab) to launch a first-of-its-kind computing technology hub for the state’s public colleges and universities. 

If you attended the virtual August 14^thInformation Technology Policy and Security (ITPS) meeting, you heard a startling and informative presentation from a UC San Diego physician about cyberattacks and healthcare.  

Dear One IT Colleagues, 

Recently, after deploying Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) onto Berkeley Managed Desktops running macOS, a small percentage of users (~2%) reported experiencing “unstable network connectivity issues.” The primary issue has been intermittent frozen Zoom calls and loss of Drive connectivity.

Info (in a) Sec: Information Security Newsletter - Aug. 30, 2024

Hello One IT Community!