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Thursday, October 3, 2024

One lazy Sunday while on social media, Sarah stumbled upon an ad for a new photo editing app, 'PiksPerfect.' Intrigued by its stunning filters, she downloaded it without hesitation. At first, the app worked great, but soon her phone became sluggish, and random ads began popping up.

Monday, September 30, 2024

A wide-spread Verizon outage is being felt here as well as in many places across the country.  Duo push will continue to work if you are connected to WiFi. If you don't have WiFi available where you are, you can use the Duo mobile app to generate a passcode to use in place of a push.

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Voice cloning is when someone uses AI to recreate a person's voice to include their voice patterns, intonations, and speech rhythms, creating a near-perfect replica. A voice cloning attack begins with a cyber-criminal collecting audio samples of the target's voice.

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

The Information Security Phishing Education project is returning this fall. As has always been the case, this initiative is designed to be educational, with no punitive actions occurring based on the results.

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Those are three made-up words that refer to the way bad actors may try to trick you and steal your stuff! Phishing uses email as the primary hook, vishing uses voice phone calls to do the same, and smishing uses text messages (SMS) to interact.

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