Join us for a great new schedule of demonstrations for faculty, staff, and students. Each week, our experts will showcase various software and tools, and answer your questions on how these resources can help you in your work at WCM.

In order to maintain compliance with HIPAA and other related regulations, all Weill Cornell Medicine students, employees, and other workforce members must complete the attestation regarding their exposure to high risk data and how it is safeguarded. 

Please click this link to launch the 2018 High Risk Data Attestation: https://attest.weill.cornell.edu. 

Note: For best performance, copy and paste the URL into Firefox or Chrome.

The popularity of the Amazon Echo and Google Home devices is probably any sci-fi fan’s dream. With a simple verbal command, you can ask these smart speakers to perform anything from getting personalized traffic updates, changing the thermostat in your home, or even ordering a pizza. (Sadly, they can’t materialize Earl Grey tea… yet.)

Staying connected to the Internet at all times using devices like smart speakers, watches, home systems, and appliances is becoming more commonplace, but so is finding ways to hack them.

Recently, a number of phishing emails have been sent to the WCM community with malicious content.

The first set of emails claim to be from hackers purporting to have uploaded software on your device to track your passcodes and activities. The senders then request payment with Bitcoin to uninstall the software.

The other email claims you’ve exceeded your email storage limit and your account needs to be upgraded. It then requests that you click on a link to upgrade your account; this link leads to a non-WCM site seeking your personal info.

Thursday, October 25, 2018

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Weill Cornell Library Surface Hub

1300 York Avenue, New York, NY

Hosted by the Clinical & Translational Science Center

Hollywood has conditioned us to believe that hacking is a thrilling, high-stakes crime full of frenzied typing, loud sirens, and – for some reason – yelling (so much yelling). Who can forget the infamous NCIS episode involving Abby’s computer being hacked, and the very effective method of not one, but two characters pounding on a keyboard to thwart said hacking? (It is truly Emmy Award-winning material.)

It is 3 p.m. You are staring at your monitor, eyes glazed over, because if you have to look at this spreadsheet one more time, so help me—

Okay, clearly, it’s time for a break. You leave your desk and head to the pantry for some coffee.

When you come back, this happens:

October is National Cyber Security 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.

Here are this year's topics:

On a given day, it must feel like you enter your password 100 times a day. You use it when you access your email, check your banking app, or log into Instagram to post the amazing meal you’re eating (#nomnomnom). An easy-to-remember password is crucial to getting into all of your accounts, right?

Well, you may not want it to be one of these passwords.

SplashData, a password management provider, compiles a list of the 100 worst passwords every year from leaked passwords. Here are the top 20… are you on here?

1. 123456 (Unchanged)

2. Password (Unchanged)

October is National Cyber Security 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.