News & Alerts

BlackBerry Phishing Exposure Fixed by RIM Research in Motion (RIM) has patched a recently discovered security vulnerability which exposes BlackBerry users to phishing attacks.

Internal Revenue Service Suspicious Emails and Identity Theft Information On September 28, 2009 The US Computer Emergency Readiness team (US-CERT) issued an alert warning of a spam attack in which the messages are spoofed to appear to come from the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding underreported income. The messages encourages recipients to open an attachment or click on a link to view their tax statement, but the attachment contains malware and the link leads to a malicious website.

Purdue Warns Affiliate Organizations of .Com Email Scam ITaP Networks and Security is warning the Purdue community about reports of a targeted e-mail scam alleging to be from the "webmaster" of Purdue University. This scam appears to be directed currently at organizations that are closely affiliated with Purdue. Purdue University is not changing its domain name or home page URL and is not becoming a .com site. IT Networks and Security recommends that users immediately delete these emails and to not reply or take the action requested in the email.

Emergency Preparedness: College Fire Survival Video Most people learned "Stop, Drop, and Roll" as a valuable fire safety trip as children. The People's Burn Foundation has developed "To Hell and Back: College Fire Survival" to educate college students on the dangers of campus related fires and burn injuries.

Emergency Preparedness: Shots Fired on Campus Video A video designed specifically for college students that provides guidance about what to do in the event of an on-campus shooter was unveiled Thursday (Sept. 11) at Purdue University.

Purdue joins InCommon Federation Purdue recently became a member of the InCommon Federation. The InCommon Federation manages federated authentication services to higher education institutions and their sponsored partners. InCommon participants are able to access resources made available by other InCommon participants using their local campus login credentials. All participants in the federation, like Purdue, use a common set of policies and practices to exchange information about their users and resources in order to enable collaboration.

Recycling for the Future E-Media Shredding Service Offered Physical Facilities is now offering a new service to University departments for the safe and secure disposal of electronic storage media. Recycling for the Future is a collaborative effort between Materials Management and Distribution, University Warehouse and Surplus, and ITaPs Secure Purdue initiative.

New Attacks Against Social Networking Sites As part of its "Don't Just Click IT" campaign, SecurePurdue is reminding computer users to be cautious when clicking on URL links provided in emails and instant messages, posted on social netowrking sites, and in response to cellular text messages.

Purdue Community Warned of Targeted Phishing Scams IT Networks and Security continues to warn the Purdue community about targeted e-mail phishing scams that attempt to trick computing users out of their login and password information for University IT Resources.

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Secure Purdue Newsletter-October 2009 View the October 2009 edition of the Secure Purdue News.

Spyware: Warning Signs of Infection Are your web-browsing sessions becoming slower and slower? Is your computer crashing more often? Your problem may be spyware. Like computer viruses, spyware and adware can infect your PC and cause serious problems.

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VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i Patch 2 Repost Now Available McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i Patch 2 Repost combines the VirusScan Enterprise 8.7 installer with Patch2 and introduces full Windows 7 support with additional Windows 7 fixes and can be downloaded on the SecurePurdue Download page. VirusScan Enterprise is for use on Purdue-owned equipment only.

McAfee Security Center version 9 Now Available McAfee Security Center version 9 fully supports Windows 7 and is now available on SecurePurdue. This product is for use on non-Purdue equipment only.