A centrally-funded project has been approved which will improve and update the data network infrastructure at the Greenlands site, and within a number of buildings on the main Whiteknights campus. Continue reading
Staff
Latest scam email
We have had a mail sent to University staff this morning which is another scam. Continue reading
Latest scam email
We have had a mail sent to University staff this morning which is another scam.
Do not click on the links in the email. We have taken steps to block the site and to mitigate the risks associated.
Wi-Fi access extension project update
In early 2013, the Technology Enhanced Learning Strategy Group (TELSG) proposed the expansion of centrally managed Wi-Fi services across the University. Continue reading
CryptoLocker warning
We are advising that you beware fake e-mails such as ones pretending to be either from Voicemail, HMRC, image scanners, courier deliveries, company complaints etc, containing small “Zip” attachments.
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Adobe personal data breach
Early in October, the multimedia giant Adobe admitted to having suffered a data breach of significant proportions, with initial estimates from Adobe numbering it at 2.9 million compromised accounts. Just how significant is now becoming clearer as the count of those compromised is still increasing. Continue reading
Personal Home Pages’ New Home
Personal home pages, i.e. those hosted at www.personal.reading.ac.uk/~[username], have been moved to a new server. Continue reading
Wi-Fi developments
On 2 December 2013, there will be changes to how you connect to the Wi-Fi at the University of Reading. In order to keep in line with the recommendations of the Eduroam Federation, we will be changing the eduroam network to no longer support WPA-Enterprise encryption. Continue reading
6 months until end of Windows XP support.
The end of Windows XP and Office 2003 support from Microsoft is now only 6 months away. As in our previous news item, from April 2014, there will no longer be any operating system or security updates made available from Microsoft. Continue reading
Latest Phishing attempt
Please note that the email that you may have received this morning is spam. Please do not click on any links in the mail. An image of the email is attached below. Continue reading