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Follow us at @BaylorITS now & watch for the #BearAware tag. BearAware is Baylor University's information security awareness effort.

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If you’re a WhatsApp user, please update the app immediately to patch a vulnerability that allowed monitoring software to be installed without your knowledge: lifehacker.com/update-your-wh….

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PHISHING ALERT: Baylor email is not using an e.mail quarantine for spam messages. The link provided in the phish does not go to a legitimate site, please ignore & delete any message that looks like this one. #Phishing

PHISHING ALERT: Baylor email is not using an e.mail quarantine for spam messages. The link provided in the phish does not go to a legitimate site, please ignore & delete any message that looks like this one. #Phishing
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Still good advice, yes we posted about this recently & this second post just shows how important it is to keep your devices (OS & software) up to date.

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Data privacy issues aren't going away & neither are Facebook, Google, & many other tech giants that lack other major alternatives...

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New Instagram data breach: cisomag.com/instagram-data…, means its t ime to change you Instagram password & turn on two-factor authentication to better protect your account (Instructions: help.instagram.com/566810106808145).

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Heads up Apple users, incoming calls from legitimate Apple Store phone numbers with a recorded message saying your iCloud account is under attack & to call a toll free number to talk to Apple Support. The number is not toll free & the whole thing is a scam.

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PHISHING ALERT: ITS is not asking you migrate your email account (notice the grammar mistakes & odd items that are not associated with your email), this is a phishing scam that can be deleted.

PHISHING ALERT: ITS is not asking you migrate your email account (notice the grammar mistakes & odd items that are not associated with your email), this is a phishing scam that can be deleted.
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PHISHING ALERT: The email stating a 'medium-severity alert has been triggered' is a phishing attempt & not a legitimate email. Please do not click the link.

PHISHING ALERT: The email stating a 'medium-severity alert has been triggered' is a phishing attempt & not a legitimate email. Please do not click the link.
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It is always wiser to use your own charger, rather than one provided in a public location. fox5ny.com/news/hackers-t…

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From a sister station of one of our local TV networks, but the tips at the bottom are solid & the Target employees did deserve recognition: kxxv.com/news/political… #BearAware

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Only install trusted apps from the Apple App Store, especially with this exploit in the wild: lifehacker.com/how-to-protect… #BearAware

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With Amazon Prime Day right around the corner, know how to spot a phishing email related to it: lifehacker.com/protect-yourse… #BearAware