Please take note that as a result of critical system upgrades and maintenance, the sun-e-HR system will not be available from Thursday 16:30, 15 December 2021 to Monday 08:00, 20 December 2021.
Should you have any queries, please contact Wessel Nolte.
Please keep an eye out for an e-mail from a sun email address with the subject line of FYI_Order/Approval.
It is a phishing scam with a link to a website that is designed to compromise security and steal details such as banking details, login names and passwords.
The owner of the affected account has already put an Out-of-office notification on her account telling people to ignore the mail sent from her account, but the account is probably still compromised and under the control of the scammers.
Once in the university domain the scammers will continue to attack the university network to steal more information or to obtain bank account details, etc.
Here is an example of one of the mails:
Please report this phishing mail if you receive it from the above mentioned address or any other sun address. Here is how you report it:
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Go to https://servicedesk.sun.ac.za/jira/servicedesk/customer/portal/6/create/115.
Fill in your information and add the email as an attachment. Your request will automatically be logged on the system. Please add the suspicious email as an attachment to the request.
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If you have accidentally clicked on the link and already given any personal details to the phishers it is vitally important that you immediately go to the USERADM page (either http://www.sun.ac.za/password or www.sun.ac.za/useradm and change your password immediately.) Make sure the new password is completely different and is a strong password that will not be easily guessed, as well as changing the passwords on your social media and private e-mail accounts, especially if you use the same passwords on these accounts. Contact the IT Service Desk if you are still unsure.
[ARTICLE BY DAVID WILES]
Part of living in a connected world is understanding that our private information is more vulnerable. ID theft and data breaches are no longer isolated incidents, they happen every single day.
So why would a university be targeted?
Universities hold a great deal of information that could be exploited if it gets into the wrong hands. This information includes personal details and research data.
Consequences and why it matters:
Though not all data security incidents will lead to the loss or theft of information, they will expose information to unwanted risk.
A full data security breach will involve a known disclosure or inappropriate access to information, which is a more serious incident. Any data security incident could potentially be disastrous for both you and the institution.
In an effort to create awareness around some of the typical hacks that we all fall prey to, we have made an Information Security Awareness training programme available. This is a self-study programme with fun quizzes in-between. This is by no means a programme that you will need to have a pass record. This course is strictly informational so that you will have the necessary tools when it comes to Information Security.
To access the course, go to https://learn.sun.ac.za. When the SUNLearn main page opens, click on the “Information Security Awareness Training” link and log in with your network username and password. If you’re successfully logged in, scroll down and click on the “Enrol me” button to enrol yourself for the course and to access the training material.
If you are unable to log on to SUNLearn and you are certain that the network credentials you have entered are correct and active, please log a request via https://learnhelp.sun.ac.za for SUNLearn support.
Cyber security is the skill and ability of protecting networks, devices, and data from unlawful access or criminal use and the practice of guaranteeing confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information.
Communication, transportation, shopping, and medicine are just some of the things that rely on computers systems and the Internet now. Much of your personal information is stored either on your computer, smartphone, tablet or possibly on someone else’s system. Knowing how to protect the information that you have stored is of high importance not just for an individual but for an organisation and those in it.
Did you know that:
More tips and resources can be found here.
The US government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has made a collection of tip sheets available for use. These downloadable PDF documents contain all the information you need to protect yourself from cyber security risks in a convenient, compact format.
More tips and resources can be found here.
[SOURCE: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, United States Government)
Before we pointed out that most people underestimate the importance of having a secure password, and still make the mistake of using simple words and numbers as a password.
Keep in mind that your email and social network accounts contain very personal information about you. You must have a strong password to keep your personal life personal, and not become a victim of identity theft.
Think of a phrase and use the first letters of the words in the phrase.
You will have already made your password a lot more difficult to hack, and it can be a lot of fun to create.
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