Spam Outbreak The University of Reading has recently been hit with a Spam (also known as Junk Email or Unsolicited Email – see the Background section for more information) outbreakContinue reading 13:47 08/11/16 Spam email outbreak
Office 365 is available to all University of Reading Staff and Students for free. Apps include Word, Excel, Powerpoint and OneDrive. Check out our Office 365 hub for full detailsContinue reading 12:00 01/11/16 Office 365 available to all UoR Staff and Students
UPDATE: The root cause of the email outage has been identified and fixed. Email is back up but running slower than usual while the email queue is cleared. Scan toContinue reading 10:15 20/10/16 Email currently down – UPDATE: now fixed
Most IT services were disrupted today between 11:30 and 12:00 but are now coming back online. The services affected are still considered ‘at risk’ and therefore will be running slowerContinue reading 13:00 14/10/16 Details on service disruption
Some of our services were disrupted last night between the hours of 9 pm and 12 am. The disruption was due to faulty equipment and the problem was promptly identifiedContinue reading 10:00 12/10/16 Last night’s service disruption
The new version of macOS 10.12 “Sierra”, released today, introduces changes that impact many non-United States regions and locales. These changes are not currently compatible with any version of MATLAB.Continue reading 14:15 23/09/16 New macOS 10.12 not compatible with MATLAB
Dear staff and students, IT has updated the information on software provided for staff and students and put this into one place. The Software Store – http://softwarestore.reading.ac.uk/. Here you willContinue reading 11:00 22/09/16 The new Software Store is now live
We have been getting reports of phishing calls coming into staff extensions from people claiming falsely to be from ‘Microsoft IT Support’. The person may ask to remotely access yourContinue reading 10:20 27/06/16 Phishing calls coming into UoR extensions
We have been getting reports of a new malicious spam email arriving in UoR inboxes. The email looks to be from the IT service desk and tells you that yourContinue reading 10:30 16/06/16 New spam email alert.
It has been brought to our attention that there is a new phishing email scam being directed at students. We remind everyone to stay vigilant when screening your emails andContinue reading 12:00 14/06/15 Phishing campaign targeting university students
