Thousands of people at K-State received malicious e-mails over the last month claiming to be shipping instructions from Amazon.com, an eCard greeting from Hallmark, or Jessica wanting to meet you. This attack was particularly effective, resulting in well over 100 compromised computers around campus. To learn characteristics of this attack, why it was so effective compared to others, and what you can do to prevent becoming a victim in the future, attend the next IT security roundtable discussion, 9-10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 14, in Room 213 in the K-State Student Union.
Some changes are also looming for K-State’s antivirus protection, which of course plays an important role in the university’s IT security defenses against attacks like this. Thus, the second half of the roundtable will cover:
- Trend Micro OfficeScan 10 features, how it could have helped limit the damage done by these attacks, and plans for deployment at K-State
- Trend Micro Security for Macs as a replacement for Symantec AntiVirus for Macs, since the campus license for the latter expires Oct. 27
Harvard Townsend, K-State’s chief information security officer, will give a presentation and facilitate the discussion. As always, the IT security roundtable is sponsored by SIRT and open to anyone.
