A password reset email appears out of thin air. 
Mysterious popups hover on your screen.
Your friends receive a link to your photos from Bermuda. 

But you’ve never been to Bermuda.

Either spirits from the beyond are trying to communicate, or you’ve been hacked.

How to know if you’ve been hacked

Here are some common signs that your account, device, or data has been compromised:

NYP is in the process of replacing old Avaya desk phones (which start with 746-xxxx) with a new Cisco model to substitute an older phone system that will soon be retired. NYP staff are currently visiting all buildings throughout 1300 York Avenue to survey your network plugs in preparation for this change in equipment.    

Tech Tuesday  

Creating Research Posters with BioRender 

Tuesday, Oct. 31 

12 noon – 12:45 p.m.  

Take your research posters to the next level! Join us and learn how to create better research posters using BioRender. In this session, our representatives from BioRender will show you how to:
 

Your devices may be peeking at more of your personal information than you intend, like your location, photos, and contacts. Take a few minutes to go through your privacy settings, which help you manage the people and apps that have access to your data. 

Tech Tuesday  

Microsoft Visio 

Tuesday, Oct. 24 

12 noon – 12:45 p.m.  

WCM faculty, staff, and students can access Microsoft Visio for free in their O365 accounts. Learn how you can transform complicated text and tables into visual diagrams that communicate information at a glance. During this demonstration, we’ll cover how to access Visio and create diagrams – like organization charts, network diagrams, and workflows.  

Tech Tuesday

Securing Internet of Things (IoT) Devices 

Tuesday, Oct. 17 

12 noon – 12:45 p.m.  

Smart doorbells, smart thermometers, smart refrigerators, smart toothbrushes – the number of everyday items with Internet connectivity has exploded. While these products can make life more convenient, it’s important that users are equally smart about safeguarding their data.  

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard have made headlines since their introduction for things like managing your stock portfolio, building software in minutes, and for just being downright creepy:

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an annual collaborative effort between government and industry to ensure we have the resources you need to maintain your security online. Throughout October, we’ll be sending you tips on protecting your information and avoiding malicious attempts to extract your personal data. See all of our 2023 tips here: 

Microsoft recently set forth plans to retire the Wiki portion of Teams in January 2024. If you are currently using the Wiki tab in any of your Team channels, you can only access the data in read-only mode, and will be unable to make edits to this tab: