Info Sec Alerts News Archive

Marshall University Information Technology (MUIT) continues to gather more information from National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) and TIAA regarding a recent security breach involving the MOVEit Transfer tool and the effect of that breach on our community. We have been notified by two of the College’s service providers, National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) and Teachers Insurance and

Please disregard the following emails.

Please disregard the following email.  

Please disregard the following email.  

Over the past few days there has been an increased number of Marshall University user account compromises. This is often in the form of a job offer with a link to a Google form that will ask you to enter your username and password along with your phone number. Once the attacker has your log in

Don’t take the bait! To report phishing attempts forward the phish to phishing@marshall.edu. Below is a list of known phishing attacks targeting Marshall U. If you receive one of these emails, do not respond; delete the message from your inbox. For tips on how to identify phishing attacks, visit Phishing Scams.

Description of the Incident: Starting in the evening of Friday October 23 and extending until early afternoon Saturday October 24, there were periodic disruptions in e-mail delivery services for members of the Marshall University community. The disruption was caused by a Microsoft enabled University-wide e-mail security measure – a circuit breaker of sorts – which

Apple Releases Security Updates to Address Zero-Day Spyware

Marshall University Information Technology schedules a weekly maintenance window on Sundays from 4am to 1pm Eastern time. On Memorial Day weekend, our maintenance window will be extended to 5:00 pm Friday May 28th – to 11:59 pm on Monday, May 31st, 2021.  This yearly maintenance outage is listed as “University Computer Services Unavailable” on the