Pitt Information Technology is responding to a new email phishing scam that claims to offer a job to recipients. Recent examples of this scam include an offer for employment at the U.S. Open Golf Tournament or as a personal assistant. Such scams attempt to obtain sensitive personal data, such as bank account information.
On July 20-24, the Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security (Pitt Cyber), Pitt IT, and Robert Morris University hosted the fourth annual Air Force Association CyberCamp. But CyberCamp looked a little different this year—it was all virtual.
In December 2019, Pitt Information Technology migrated the University’s network to a new domain name system (DNS). This change increased redundancy and resiliency, as part of Pitt IT’s ongoing efforts to improve effectiveness and efficiencies. On December 7, 2020, the University will complete the migration. After this date, servers with manually configured, outdated DNS addresses will no longer function.
The Student Information System (PeopleSoft) will be unavailable during an extended maintenance period from 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1, through 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2.
The system will be unavailable from 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, to 8 a.m. on Friday, July 31.
The message appears to come from a LastPass representative and asks the reader to update their “master” password.
Vendor maintenance will be performed on the Student Information System (PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft Mobile) beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 25. This work is expected to last until 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 26.
Box is ending its unlimited storage offering and changing its licensing structure after the University's contract expires next year---in August 2021.
Microsoft has announced security updates affecting Windows, Edge, Office, and more.
To provide access to the latest features and improvements as well as uninterrupted access, download most recent desktop app for Windows or macOS today.
Users of Windows 7 and older versions should update their Zoom client and operating system.
The issue affecting access to My Pitt (my.pitt.edu) has been resolved and full functionality has been restored.
Pitt Information Technology continues to provide students with a wide variety of software options to support remote learning.
Students may experience intermittent MyResNet service disruptions between 5:30 and 9:30 a.m.
Students, faculty, and staff will be unable to process adds or drops for any term until the updates have been completed.
If you have an account at Mathway, Pitt IT recommends you change that password as soon as possible.
Vendor maintenance will be performed on the Student Information System (PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft Mobile) beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 27. This work is expected to last until 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 28.
System unavailable for three hours beginning at 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 27.
The default Qualtrics reporting interface has been in place since February 2016 and is not affected by this change.
Pitt Information Technology is merging the University’s two PittNet Wi-Fi networks—Wireless PittNet and Wireless-PittNet-Fast.