The FBI issued a cybersecurity public service announcement concerning the growing use of digitally manipulated images (known colloquially as ‘deepfakes’) in sextortion scams. “Sextortion, which may violate several federal criminal statutes, involves coercing victims into providing sexually explicit photos or videos of themselves, then threatening to share them publicly or with the victim’s family and friends. […]
Category Archives: Information Security
System Security Updates – Friday May 26th
The Division of Information Technology will be installing routine security updates to our servers and network infrastructure from 1:00am until 7:00am on Friday, May 26th. Systems that cannot be safely updated through this automated process will be manually updated by IT personnel during staff hours. Users working on documents stored on the “P-Drive” should ensure they save their work and close […]
System Security Updates – Friday April 28th
The Division of Information Technology will be installing routine security updates to our servers and network infrastructure from 1:00am until 7:00am on Friday, April 28th. Systems that cannot be safely updated through this automated process will be manually updated by IT personnel during staff hours. Users working on documents stored on the “P-Drive” should ensure they save their work and close […]
Reminder: Spring Cybersecurity Awareness Training on KnowBe4
Have you completed your assigned courses in https://training.knowbe4.com ? If not, please sign on with your GHC single sign-on credentials, and complete the following training courses: 2023 Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training 2023 Social Engineering Red Flags You may also be required to complete an additional phishing training course. This module has been assigned by […]
System Security Updates – Friday, Mar 31st
The Division of Information Technology will be installing routine security updates to our servers and network infrastructure from 1:00am until 7:00am on Friday, March 31st. Systems that cannot be safely updated through this automated process will be manually updated by IT personnel during staff hours. Users working on documents stored on the “P-Drive” should ensure they save their work and close […]
Spring Cybersecurity Awareness Training Goes Live Monday (03/27)
GHC’s Spring 2023 Cybersecurity Awareness Training campaign will launch a week early this year! Starting Monday, March 27th please visit https://training.knowbe4.com, sign on with your GHC single sign-on credentials, and complete the following training courses: 2023 Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training 2023 Social Engineering Red Flags You may also be required to complete an additional […]
What are the different types of Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks?
Social Engineering Social engineering attempts to take advantage of human interaction and tries to extract as much information from the use of social skills. Social engineering is the umbrella term for which the following attacks are categorized under. Phishing Phishing is a type of social engineering that typically uses email or websites to persuade someone […]
Using Public Wi-Fi Safely
Think before you connect. Before you connect to any public wireless hotspot – like on an airplane or in an airport, hotel, or café – be sure to confirm the name of the network and login procedures with appropriate staff to ensure that the network is legitimate. Cybercriminals can easily create a similarly named network […]
Keeping up with Password Management
What is a password manager? A password manager is a program that allows a person to store several passwords that are used for different accounts, applications, and anywhere you would enter credentials to login. Why would someone use a password manager? Password managers allow a user to keep track of all their passwords in one […]
System Security Updates – Friday, February 24th
The Division of Information Technology will be installing routine security updates to our servers and network infrastructure from 1:00am until 7:00am on Friday, February 24th. Systems that cannot be safely updated through this automated process will be manually updated by IT personnel during staff hours. Users working on documents stored on the “P-Drive” should ensure they save their work and close […]