We have had a report that a student at another University has received a SMS Phishing message (text message) purporting to be from the University. The message states that the student’s attendance is below 60% and as such is in breach of their student loan terms. It then goes on to state that they need […]
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Society Digimap – free trial
Explore a range of demographic data with the newest Digimap collection: Society Digimap which is available free until until 31st July 2019. Society Digimap contains a wealth of census and socio-economic data. The datasets are provided as layers to visualise along with high quality Ordnance Survey data allowing users to gain insight to their areas […]
New scam email….your credit card has been invoiced….
…but of course it hasn’t… We’re starting to see a number of emails being sent to staff with the core message that your credit card has been invoiced to the tune of usually around £1,600. The text in the body of the email so far is completely different between users, the sender email is different […]
Whale phishing attack – targeting senior staff
Over the last few months we have seen a substantial rise in the volume of phishing emails being sent to university staff apparently from a colleague. These emails are sent from a fake external email address e.g. colleagues.name@gmail.com or something similar. Often the emails are made to look as if they’ve come from senior colleagues […]
SECURITY ALERT – Blue button phishing scam
UPDATE 11.30, 25/1/19The blue button phishing attack appears to be dissipating although we are still resetting user accounts if we discover they have been compromised. The vast majority of blue button related ingoing and outgoing email was blocked by approx 12pm yesterday but it took the best part of the rest of the day for the Information Centre to work through the backlog […]
Security Alert – green button phishing emails doing the rounds
DON’T PUSH THE BUTTON! There is a new email scam doing the rounds. This one is targeting staff and students. Despite appearance, this spam email is quite sophisticated in that it uses the title of a genuine email that you have replied to previously in order to trick you into believing it is authentic. If […]
Shiny new device?
Did you get a shiny new device for Christmas or just treat yourself to some new tech? You may want to find out how to: CONNECT TO WI-FIYou can connect this to Wi-Fi (eduroam) yourself. Instructions can be found on UniDesk Self Service here. If you need help connecting your device pop into the library […]
Stirling’s Top Ten most shared 2018 articles
Here’s the Top Ten 2018 Stirling papers with the highest Altmetric scores. Congratulations to all our authors who made it into the Top Ten!! Most of these papers are available to download immediately from the links in the references below (the link goes to the record in the University’s repository, STORRE). […]
Security alert: new form of targetted phishing email doing the rounds
Over the last few days, we have seen a number of reported incidences of what is known as ‘Whaling’ or ‘Whale phishing’. Whaling is a type of fraud or phishing scheme that targets high-profile end-users, usually senior staff in an organisation, politicians, and celebrities. Fraudsters behind whaling campaigns aim to trick targets into giving out their […]
Google Scholar Button
I just came across the Google Scholar button by chance and it seems pretty handy (actually this is old news that I’m ashamed to say I’m just catching up with!). The extension is available for Chrome, Firefox and Safari – it adds a little button to your browser toolbar. Then you can select […]