There have been a number of reports over the last few days of Scam phone calls targeting University of Reading staff. The caller purports to be from Microsoft saying thatContinue reading 10:40 23/05/17 Reports of scam phone calls to UoR staff

The Information Technology department is currently working hard on mitigating the risks associated with the latest CyberSecurity incident: the WannaCry worm; the cyber-attack that affected a wide range of institutionsContinue reading 10:45 17/05/17 Message regarding the ‘WannaCry’ cyber attack

UPDATE 2: Following a configuration change around midday we have seen an improvement to the service stability. This has continued to be monitored throughout the afternoon and has provided aContinue reading 15:15 03/05/17 Staff Email Interruptions

UPDATE: Remedial work on the affected infrastructure has been successful and most services are now restored. There are a few exceptions that are being investigated as a matter of priority:Continue reading 10:00 05/04/17 Service Issues – services being restored

UPDATE: A detailed article has been published on ‘Naked Security’, a popular informative website about online security. Check the article out for further information on this Phishing campaign. We haveContinue reading 16:55 29/03/17 New Phishing email scam

We are aware of an issue with Meteorology user accounts being locked out. We are working on a solution to this problem. If you are affected by this please contactContinue reading 14:20 29/03/17 Meteorology staff account lock-outs

We have had reports of a new phishing email that attempts to disguise itself as an email from payroll. It looks like this: Do not open any links or attachmentsContinue reading 10:00 27/03/17 New phishing email warning

A project is currently being defined which aims to improve the UoR software delivery process and prepare for the end of life of Windows 7 by making Windows 10 (withContinue reading 09:45 14/03/17 Windows 10 and software delivery project

The University telephone exchange was installed 20 years ago,  we have now been given notice that manufacturer support is ceasing and  we need to plan for its replacement. With theContinue reading 16:05 01/03/17 New university phone system – have your say

Over the past week there have been reports of  malicious emails being sent to UoR inboxes. The emails are designed to appear similar to emails one may receive at work;Continue reading 16:00 23/02/17 Phishing email warning