Daily Archives: March 16, 2015

Alert, Phishing, Security

Beware of this scam email!

Many of you have received an email message with the subject line: “Webmail Upgrading” (screenshot below.  This is a phishing scam. Please do not click any of the links, and if you entered your username and password into this site, please change your UMass Boston email password immediately at password.umb.edu. If you have any difficulty doing so, please call the IT Service Desk at (617) 287-5220.

Although the message claimed to be from “UMass Boston” the sender address is not from a “@umb.edu” email address. Even still, IT will never ask you for your password. Phishing e-mails attempt to deceive you into giving up private information by leading you to a fraudulent web site.​ Don’t take the bait!
For more information on phishing email and how to detect them, please see our web site at this address: http://www.umb.edu/it/getting_services/security/phishing
Update Notifications

Microsoft Security Patches [March 10, 2015]

On March 10th, 2015, Microsoft released security patches for:
  • Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista RT, RT8.1
  • Windows servers 2008, 2003 R2
  • Microsoft Office 2013, 2010, 2007
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013, 2010, 2007
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
We strongly encourage you to apply these patches to your PC as soon as possible. For information about these updates please visit:  https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms15-mar.aspx
Click on the Windows logo located on the lower left hand corner of your computer screen, a menu will appear, click on “Control Panel”.
Once in the Control Panel, type the words “windows update” in the Search Control Panel field located in the upper right hand corner. As you do, the following screen will immediately appear.

Now, in the upper left handle corner, click the words “check for update”. This screen will appear

Click the “Check for updates” button to begin the checking. The following screen will appear after the checking is completed. All Important Updates must be installed. Click the “Install updates” button to begin the installation. You will need to reboot your computer to finish the installation later.

Alternatively, if you are using Internet Explorer you can click on Tools > and select Windows Update to install the latest security patches.
For questions please call the Service Desk at 617-287-5220 or via email at ITServiceDesk@umb.edu.