Security Blog

Dear Faculty, Members, Visitors, and Staff,

As we start the countdown to our Fall term here at the Institute for Advanced Study, we are reminded of the risks of scams and phishing as they arrive on campus.  Recently, a large volume of phishing scams...

Is the Quantum Apocalypse upon us?  Will the Internet break once quantum computers are readily available?  What should we do going forward in Higher Ed?

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Dear Faculty, Members, Visitors, and Staff,

As we start the Winter-Spring term here at the Institute for Advanced Study, we are reminded of the risks of scams and phishing as they arrive on campus.  This morning, an email with the subject "Urgent...

Remembering all your passwords is difficult.  We've been recommending since 2013 that folks use a password manager to securely create and store your passwords so that you don't have to remember them.  The natural fear has always been that...

There is a nefarious practice of stealing people's phone numbers to intercept their phone calls and text messages, and it is fairly easy to do if you know what you are doing. The attack involves calling the wireless carrier and convincing them to...

An upcoming change will modify the look of our Duo Multi-Factor Authentication login prompt. This change will enhance the security of the system, and will be rolled out to our web applications over the next few months. Although there is no major...

The New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) sent out a notice reporting several incidents regarding fake text messages impersonating the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. This scam is being used to collect your private...

The short answer is, I'm using the COVID Alert NJ [1] [2] app on my smartphone. I find it to be a safe, secure, and private way for me to participate in helping to stop the spread of COVID-19. That being said, I didn't trust the app blindly. I did...

In the upcoming months IAS will be making a change to the login process for our web based applications by adding support for Duo Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). This is the same technology that we currently use for our remote access system...

Now that we've moved our meetings to being online, there are some safety concerns that we need to keep in mind that we never had to think too hard about before. We are seeing news articles about "Zoom-bombing", where uninvited guests join public Zoom...