Latest phishing email scam
There has been an attempt yesterday, 1 March, to trap people into giving out their login details for University of Reading IT systems. Should you receive an email with the subject line ‘Your email...
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Again, there has been another attempt at Phishing, sent to approximately 600 University Email recipients on 30 March. If you have received an email with the subject ‘eMail Alert!!!’ you should delete...
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Staff Mailbox moves
As part of our response to recent email problems, IT Services will be moving staff mailboxes to new storage hardware. Due to the number of mailboxes this process will take several months to complete....
View ArticleChanges to SkyDrive capacity on readingLive
Microsoft have announced that they are making changes to the way that SkyDrive is providing personal cloud storage for students who are using readingLive.We have discussed this with Microsoft, who have...
View ArticleAdvice on Office 2013 Preview
As most of you probably know, the Office 2013 Preview has been out for over a week now for testing by the general public. However, we do not recommend that you run Outlook 2013 Preview. Our Exchange...
View ArticleAnti-spam changes
As part of the Anti-Spam system at the University of Reading, IT Services subscribe to a two blocklists, that are used to reduce the amount of Spam received. They do this by rejecting email that has...
View ArticleView from the Director’s Chair – January 2013
It’s been a busy start to the New Year in IT Services with a lot of developments to look forward to in 2013. In December/January we welcomed two new apprentices to our Customer Services group who will...
View ArticleEmail Service issues
We believe the recent iOS 6.1 update has been causing problems with our Microsoft Exchange email service. This appears to be caused by an issue with the way that Apple devices such as iPhones and iPads...
View ArticlePhishing outbreak 8 March 2013
We have had another phishing attack, which purports to come from IT Services. The email contains text as follows: This is to inform you that we have changed from Outlook Web Access to Squirrelmail...
View ArticleLogin Credential security
IT Services have had a reminder from ja.net CSIRT regarding user credential sharing and the associated issues. For both staff and students at the University of Reading, the sharing of your login...
View ArticleSummer upgrades 9 July 2013
We had two major pieces of work that took place yesterday to upgrade the services we supply to students at the University. The first was a major upgrade to Blackboard moving from Service Pack 6 to...
View ArticleView from the Director’s Chair – Summer 2013
It has been a while since my last post, so here are some updates on what IT Services have been doing so far this summer plus an important update on the wireless network expansion. IT Services started...
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New phishing scam
We have had a recent upsurge in University of Reading specific phishing scams. This time, they are tailored particularly to mimic our mail systems. The specific phish that has come through this morning...
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Latest Phishing attempt
Please note that the email that you may have received this morning is spam. Please do not click on any links in the mail. An image of the email is attached below. This message was not marked as spam....
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Latest scam email
We have had a mail sent to University staff this morning which is another scam. Do not click on the links in the email. We have taken steps to block the site and to mitigate the risks associated.
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Latest scam email
We have had a mail sent to University staff this morning which is another scam. Do not click on the links in the email. We have taken steps to block the site and to mitigate the risks associated.
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