Showing posts with label security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label security. Show all posts

Monday, 23 March 2020

"Your connection is not secure" errors

We have had reports of this error message when accessing ebooks.



















We do not currently know what is causing it - if you get this error please let us know at library.technical@beds.ac.uk what resource you were trying to access and what browser you were using.

In the meantime we suggest you try using a different browser to try accessing the resource.

Monday, 6 March 2017

Phishing campaigns against UK universities


Please be aware that there are active phishing campaigns specifically targeting students and staff at UK Universities.

Phishing to students includes emails asking that they "update their account information".
Suspected phishing messages should be deleted; links should not be clicked on.

Example message:
From: University of Bedfordshire <me@beds.ac.uk>
Subject: Your university account information

Hello,

Due to a recent update in our computer network, Its is important that you update your account information. Please follow the link below to update your account.

Update Link <a href="http://land-grain.com.ua/show/whnmxff1owk2p38o4i3pxh7k">

Best Regards,

University of Bedfordshire

If you any messages like this, ignore them and do not click on the links. We will only ever ask you to change your password at our password changing site, https://password.beds.ac.uk/sspr/private/Login (shortcut
http://pwd.beds.ac.uk).