Security 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

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

This message to all students, faculty and staff has been approved by Jon B. Cutler, Chief Information Security Officer As we start the fall semester, we remind you of the important role which you have in the cyber security of Marshall University. Please review a few key steps listed below which you can take in

Marshall University employees with access to sensitive data will receive an e-mail message with the following details: Subject:  [InfoSec] Marshall IT has assigned you training Sender:  Marshall University – Huntington <automated-message@everfi.net> Description:   This IT WWW posting validates the e-mail assignment notification for an EVERFI course module for ‘Data Security EDU‘. This training assignment was approved

Due to recent news, cybercriminals have a new twist on phishing emails: Coronavirus scams.  Cybercriminals often exploit popular topics and fears, and they haven’t overlooked the widespread fear of COVID-19. The Office of Information Technology asks the Marshall community to continue to stay alert of fraudulent emails and follow safety guidelines when responding to emails

This message to all students, faculty and staff has been approved by Edward Aractingi, Associate VP for IT and Chief Information Officer As we start the new semester and the year 2020, we remind you of the important role which you have in the cyber security of Marshall University. Please review a few key steps

The location of the buttons used to report Spam and Not Spam has changed.

Marshall University Information Technology is applying a major upgrade to the email firewall service, called Barracuda Essentials, on Sunday, May 19, 2019. Barracuda Essentials provides advanced protection against fraudulent email for both Faculty/Staff email (on-premise Exchange) and Student email (Office365). It also provides security for outgoing mail to external sources, assisting in the discovery and

Thursday, May 16th, 2019:  Update for Banner Users – [Action Required] This coming Sunday morning, May 19th, 2019,  during the scheduled maintenance window, Enterprise Applications will be enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on Banner 9. If you have already enrolled in MFA, you will be prompted to enter your full Marshall University email address to begin the