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Services, Software, Staff, Students 30/09/201401/10/2014

Shell Shock Bash vulnerability Mac OSx patch

Following the widely publicised discovery of a vulnerability in the UNIX Bash feature, IT has patched all servers where this may have posed a risk.

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Developments, Incidents, Services, Staff 09/04/201411/04/2014

‘Heartbleed’ OpenSSL vulnerability

There has been widespread media coverage of the Heartbleed OpenSSL IT security vulnerability this week.

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Incidents, Software, Staff, Students 20/11/201320/11/2013

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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Incidents, Software, Staff, Students 11/11/201311/11/2013

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. JustContinue reading Adobe personal data breach

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Incidents, News, Services, Software, Staff, Students 01/10/201301/10/2013

AppGrad product

AppGrad is not approved for use with University of Reading IT Systems and should not be used. It is not associated with the University of Reading.

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Incidents, Software, Staff 15/08/2013 | 2 Comments on New Java Exploits

New Java Exploits

A few days ago somebody “responsibly” published proof-of-concept code for vulnerabilities in Java and as a result there are now exploits starting to appear in drive-by-download exploit kits.

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Incidents, Services, Software 19/06/2013

Java update – June 2013

As we frequently mention on this newsfeed and on Twitter, it’s time to update Java again. Oracle has released a Critical Patch Update on 18 June 2013 that affects multipleContinue reading Java update – June 2013

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News, Services, Software, Staff 17/04/2013

Microsoft Windows XP support

IT Services will not support Windows XP beyond Microsoft’s withdrawal of security update support after 8 April 2014. This also applies to Office 2003.

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Incidents, Services, Staff 22/03/201322/03/2013

Package delivery scam email

We have had another scam email attack in the form of a fake postal receipt email. 

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Incidents, News, Services, Staff 22/03/2013

Login Credential security

IT Services have had a reminder from ja.net CSIRT regarding user credential sharing and the associated issues.

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