ANR's IT team has seen an increase in the number of spoofed emails, a form of phishing or spam email.
Email spoofing is the forgery of an email so that the message appears to be from someone or somewhere other than the actual source.
The goal here is to persuade you to assist the “supervisor” in purchasing some gift cards. The email is structured in a sense that indicates the supervisor is not available, there is a certain sense of urgency and validity, and it is sent from a mobile device.
There are also other clues within the email. Even though the name of the supervisor is correct, the email address is not and is not part of the organization. Scratching the back of the card to get the code doesn't make sense, especially if you are planning to give it to your clients, customers, etc.
The best thing to do with these types of phishing emails is simply to call or text your supervisor's known cell phone number and confirm before making a purchase.
- Author: Tolgay Kizilelma
IT will be upgrading equipment at the ANR datacenter on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. PDT. During this time, the ANR Portal, all websites and servers in ANR's Second Street building will be offline. If you have any questions, please contact IT at help@ucanr.edu.
UC ANR is a sponsoring partner of The Mixing Bowl's FOOD IT event taking place Tuesday, June 27, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.
Participants will explore the different ways in which information technology is being applied to a broad range of food and agriculture challenges.
VP Glenda Humiston will be moderating a panel called “The Deans' List of Food/AgTech Topics” that will feature food and agriculture university deans Helene Dillard from UC Davis, Andrew Thulin from Cal Poly and Wendy Wintersteen from Iowa State.
"Overall, FOOD IT will gather 300 people, from food producers, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, venture capitalists, industry executives, researchers and non-profits, representing all aspects of the food system for a highly interactive day," said Gabe Youtsey, chief innovation officer.
Speakers and participants include representatives from food and retail companies including Airbnb, Analog Devices, AT&T, Bowles Farming Company, Forbes, Campbell's, Coca-Cola, Driscoll's, Google, Land O' Lakes, Mattson, Rabobank, Recology, Syngenta, Upfront Ventures, Walmart, Western Digital, Yamaha and many more. You can read more about the event at http://mixingbowlhub.com/events/food-fork-farm.
To register for FOOD IT, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-it-fork-to-farm-tickets-30230557411. Use discount code “17STMB" for 70 percent off (just $75 for the day).
Please note, this recall is only for the Microsoft Surface Pro and Microsoft Surface Pro 2, and with any Microsoft Surface Pro 3 purchased prior to March 15, 2015 (“pre-March 15, 2015 Surface Pro 3”). If you have a power cable that uses a strain relief (see image of replacement cable), it is the new power cable and you may disregard this recall.
More information is available at www.surface.com/powercord.
If you need assistance or have questions please contact ANR IT Service Desk at help@ucanr.edu or (530) 750-1212.
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- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
In response to my April 15 email about the Heartbleed bug, I have received some feedback. Although I noted that the threat is not as bad as first thought, I advised changing your password/passphrase as a precaution. Some of you have asked, “How do I change my Kerberos password?”
To change your Kerberos password, go to http://accounts.ucdavis.edu and click on “Change your passphrase.”
You should also consider changing passwords for other websites you log in to, after they pass the vulnerability test. The following are tools to check a website for Heartbleed vulnerability:
Thank you for your feedback
David Underwood
IT specialist