As you may have seen from news reports, Mac users are being attacked by a trojan called Flashback.  The culprit is a Java bug which is being exploited by compromised websites when you visit them.

Dropbox, an online file repository/backup service, has been gaining in popularity. Its ease of setup and use for personal systems has resulted in rapid adoption among people trying to sync and transfer data between home desktops, laptops and other mobile devices.

We are seeing increased use of this service among faculty, staff and student users. While Dropbox is a hit at home, it has had a rocky road trying to adapt to corporate and centrally driven IT environments - both at a technical and policy level. MCECS users face many of these same challenges.

At 6pm, on a daily basis, any VNC session on nemo that has been running for longer than 12 hours will be terminated. A message will be sent to these sessions before the termination.  This is an effort to keep nemo usable for active users due to heavy loading. 

PSU is constantly being barraged by prolonged spearphishing attacks. Phishing is where the attacker tries to trick you into giving out sensitive information. Spear phishing is where the e-mails are specifically tailored to a target audience. It relies on social engineering the victim to fall for the e-mail and give up some information the attacker wants. Don't be one of those victims.