SOMIS News & Updates:

Zimbra users may use the webmail site (Zimbra - log in with your PennKey) with full functionality. We expect to have restored all clients including mobile phones by tomorrow morning.
Many machines at the School of Medicine have been compromised by a new type of virus that presents itself as an actual anti-virus product while a user is browsing the internet. If you experience anything remotely similar to this virus description, or are concerned about any suspicious activity on your computer, please contact your LSP immediately. For more information, please visit the following link.
Zimbra users are reporting an increase in spear-phishing attempts. Penn computer administrators will NEVER ask you for your password at any time via any medium. For more information about phishing, please see the following link.

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Printer Security - Most multi-function printers today come equipped with a hard drives that can store images of thousands of documents. They also tend to come with minimal security features enabled. Find out what Penn is doing about this.
Fake Anti-Virus - What to do if you are presented with a dialog box to install anti-virus protection while browsing the web.
Phishing and Spear-Phishing Scams - What to do if you receive an e-mail requesting confidential information.