Warning: There has been an increase in phishing scams targeting VCU.
VCU will never ask you for your password via email, text, or over the phone. Such requests are indicators of phishing scams designed to steal credentials.
Check https://go.vcu.edu/phishing for the latest scams.
The most recent scams has had the subjects :(Vacancy Announcement: Administrative Assistant (Part-Time)) or (Virginia Commonwealth University, Act Now)
Always contact VCU ITSC - itsc@vcu.edu or 804-828-2227 to...
A rapid upgrade to the production REDCap servers was necessary to address a security vulnerability. An unfortunate side effect is that stored links/bookmarks to REDCap projects may have broken.
This does not affect survey links, only links to the “internal” pages within REDCap, those accessed by logged-in users.
If you have a stored link, you can replace the “redcap_v” portion with the current version. The repaired link should begin as follows:
https://redcap.vcu.edu/redcap_v16.1.4/
We...
The Collaboration Services team has enabled additional safety and security features in Gmail. These features work in the background to provide an extra layer of protection against phishing and malware. They will identify external senders with a gold badge and warn users of possible impersonation with a banner when the email is opened.
For more information, contact the IT Support Center at itsc@vcu.edu or Doctor Gee at drgee@vcu.edu.
Per our Office for Information Security:
We are seeing some targeted phishing scams in recent days where scammers are sending malicious Google Forms to users in order to collect their Names, Email addresses, Passwords, and Phone numbers. The most recent scams were sent from compromised accounts in both the VCU and VCUHS communities.
We believe the attackers are calling people pretending to be IT support, and tricking the target to provide them with their username/passwords, and DUO Mobile...
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Thank you for your attention and if you have any questions please email ITSMO@vcu.edu.