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WIFI Network Registration Issues
WIFI Network Registration Issues Users have had questions about their smart phones becoming unregistered frequently from the MSU Wireless 3.0 network Several faculty and staff have had questions about their phones becoming unregistered frequently from the MSU Wireless 3.0 network, which is the wireless network that staff and faculty should be using and not MSU Net Guest. The issues are likely due to a network address randomization feature in modern mobile devices.
Scheduled maintenance to OKTA may impact PSM users
Scheduled maintenance to OKTA may impact PSM users Users can avoid these issues by using the Okta Verify app instead of SMS or calls to receive logon codes. On January 18, an email was sent out from MSU IT announcements regarding scheduled maintenance to OKTA. Those individuals who have enrolled their phone may have to reregister their phone, by following these steps. Users can avoid these issues by using the Okta Verify app instead of SMS or calls to receive logon codes.
PSM IT News for 10/24/2024
Many staff and faculty have had challenges and question regarding the IT purchasing policy, in response to that the Finance and Accounting Staff and IT Staff worked together to compile a list of the most frequently asked questions regarding the IT Purchase Policy and Procedure for hardware and software purchases. From October 11 to the 14th, Most of the campus network experienced sporadic and sometimes prolonged performance issues and outages recently over a 4 day span.
FTC Mandates Easier Cancellation for Trials, Auto-Renewing Subscriptions and Memberships
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FBI and U.S. Department of Justice Takes down Raptor Train Botnet
FBI and U.S. Department of Justice Takes down Raptor Train Botnet This week, the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice took down the Raptor Train botnet of over 250,000 devices worldwide and half of which were in the United States and were being used to infect more devices, conduct espionage and to denial of service attacks against targets since 2020.
PSM IT Articles for August 12, 2024
McLaren Healthcare victim of ransomware attack. The cyber incident was reported on Monday August 5, the company indicated the attack disrupted their phone and some computer systems. This is the second time in a year the hospital has targeted in a cyberattack. In the previous attack of August 2023, the cybercriminal gang BlackCat/AlphV announced that they had stole 6 terabytes of data and the personal information of over 2.5 Million patients from McLaren Healthcare.
PSM IT NEWS FOR 6/10/2024
Largest Botnet Ever Disrupted At the end of May, the FBI and Interpol took control of a bot net comprised of approximately 19 million IP computers. The botnet was used to provide anonymous access to cyber criminals to perform criminal proxied through the compromised computers, thus masking the real origin of the criminal activity.
PSM IT News for April 28
PSM It News Compiled By Lee Duynslager AI and Voice Cloning used to Frame High School Principal A Baltimore Maryland Area Athletic director allegedly used Artificial Intelligence and voice cloning to create a racist and anti-Semitic audio clip that impersonated the High’s School Principal. The recording was posted on Instagram, where it was widely distributed and heard.
PSM IT News April 8 2024
MSU ESET Antivirus Renewed My sincere apology to all of the PSM customers who experienced popups and messages indicating that the ESET antivirus on their MSU work computer was set to expire and did finally expire the week of March 18. In my opinion, the delays were encountered with UPL completing the order to allow MSU I.T. to acquire the new antivirus license. The renewed license is good until March 15, 2027.
Michigan potato late blight forecast - July 8, 2020
No late blight reported. Weather-based risk low to moderate throughout Michigan. Jaime Willbur and Lee Duynslager, Michigan State University, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences - July 8, 2020 Figure 1. July 8, 2020 – Michigan late blight forecast based on accumulation of disease severity values (DSVs) since early May emergence. Yellow pins indicate medium risk areas and green pins indicate low risk. The Michigan late blight forecast tool is currently calculating 2020 risk predictions.
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