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<dt>[[Critical Security Update for Apple Products (Feb 2014)|Critical Security Update for Apple Products (Feb 27, 2014)]] | <dt>[[Critical Security Update for Apple Products (Feb 2014)|Critical Security Update for Apple Products (Feb 27, 2014)]] | ||
− | <dd>Apple has recently released the latest version of operating systems for desktop (OS X Mavericks v10.9.2) and mobile (iOS 7.0.6 and 6.1.6) which resolves a critical security issue that affects the ability to securely send sensitive data over the internet. | + | <dd>Apple has recently released the latest version of operating systems for desktop (OS X Mavericks v10.9.2) and mobile (iOS 7.0.6 and 6.1.6) which resolves a critical security issue that affects the ability to securely send sensitive data over the internet. Update instructions are available. |
<dt>[[Database Maintenance - RT & GADS (Feb 2014)|Database Maintenance - RT & GADS (Feb 27, 2014)]] | <dt>[[Database Maintenance - RT & GADS (Feb 2014)|Database Maintenance - RT & GADS (Feb 27, 2014)]] | ||
<dd>To address ongoing performance issues, the RT & GADS database will undergo maintenance this evening between 9pm-midnight. Users of either service may experience a brief outage. | <dd>To address ongoing performance issues, the RT & GADS database will undergo maintenance this evening between 9pm-midnight. Users of either service may experience a brief outage. |
Revision as of 21:27, 27 February 2014
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Announcements
- Critical Security Update for Apple Products (Feb 27, 2014)
- Apple has recently released the latest version of operating systems for desktop (OS X Mavericks v10.9.2) and mobile (iOS 7.0.6 and 6.1.6) which resolves a critical security issue that affects the ability to securely send sensitive data over the internet. Update instructions are available.
- Database Maintenance - RT & GADS (Feb 27, 2014)
- To address ongoing performance issues, the RT & GADS database will undergo maintenance this evening between 9pm-midnight. Users of either service may experience a brief outage.
- MATLAB Licensing (Feb 21, 2014)
- Some users have reported a periodic license manager error when attempting to use MATLAB. Additional details are now available.
- GADS Access (Feb 13, 2014)
- Some users have reported difficulty logging into the Graduate Application Database service. Users should be aware that GADS is only accessible from the ECE network.
- Network Security Audit (Feb 11-21, 2014)
- All ECE TCP/IP networks will experience internal and external network security scans at various times starting February 11th and ending February 21st 2014.
- E-mail Service Change (Feb 5, 2014)
- The ECE E-mail service will undergo maintenance on Wednesday, February 5th from 8:00pm-8:30pm to introduce a security-enhanced mail relay. No service outage is expected.
- Database server down (Jan 25, 2014)
- The ECE database server was down from 7 am. Multiple services, including the RT ticket system and some websites, were unavailable as a result. Service should now be back to normal.
- SMB server down (Jan 22, 2014)
- The SMB server, which acts as the authentication and file server for the UBC_ECE domain, was unavailable from noon to 12:40 due to a disk failure. Apologies for any inconvenience.
- mail.ece.ubc.ca down (Oct 10, 2013)
- The ECE mail server was down from 4 am to 11:50. Apologies for any inconvenience.
- Spam/phishing/mail delivery problems (Apr 15, 2013; updated May 21, 2013)
- Spear phishing attack
- Fraudsters have been launching a spear-phishing attack against ECE and FAS e-mail users. Please disregard messages asking you to log in on non-ECE and unencrypted websites. If you have fallen for the scam, change your password immediately. Learn more…
- Spam/phishing/mail delivery problems (Apr 15, 2013; updated May 21, 2013)
- One ECE user's account was compromised after divulging his/her password in a phishing attack, and was used to send spam. As a result of this incident, mail from ECE is currently being rejected by some e-mail providers, including GMail, Hotmail, and Comcast.