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Employment Fraud Trends Online

Rachel Kosnik | April 9, 2019

What’s even harder for students than getting their homework done? Finding a job. Lately, an online trend has been brewing and unfortunately has affected Ohio State students. According to Fisher College’s Office of Career Management, employers are offering students jobs online and scamming them...

Information Security Partners Across Campus Achieve “3 and Green”

Beth Varcho | April 1, 2019

Cybersecurity is a major focus at Ohio State. Not only do external regulators require us to manage our health, financial, student and research data securely, but our students and partners also expect an exceptional level of data security from Ohio State.

Ohio State launched its very...

Don’t Lose Your Tax Return

Beth Varcho | February 27, 2019

It’s tax time again. Millions of Americans are filing for returns and making plans for how to use the money. Attackers have other ideas for that tax return.

TurboTax promotes itself as the number one, best-selling tax preparation software. No doubt they hold credentials belonging to millions of Americans who have used them for their taxes. Now, officials report an attacker obtained tax return data through a credential stuffing hack on their platform.

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Upcoming Security Events

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 Security Coordinators Monthly Meeting @ Student Academic Services Building
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 Security Coordinators Monthly Meeting @ Student Academic Services Building
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 Security Coordinators Monthly Meeting @ Student Academic Services Building
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22
 Security Coordinators Monthly Meeting @ Student Academic Services Building
Sep
19
 Security Coordinators Monthly Meeting @ Student Academic Services Building

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