6/16/2021 – Upgrade of user web pages server during break – test your ~user website
During the break between Spring and Summer terms of 2021, we will be performing an operating system upgrade of the server that supports web pages in: https://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~user This change will [...]
Watch out for new email phishing campaigns
In recent weeks, we have had reports of these newer phishing variants landing in MCECS users’ mailboxes. 1) The “I want to talk to you about a student” query The [...]
myfiles.pdx.edu has been decomissioned
OIT has decommissioned myfiles.pdx.edu, the web-based access mechanism to their file server resources. If you are trying to access the file server resources tied to your campus-wide Odin account, you [...]
New round of Phishing Spam aimed at web site content
Recently, web site maintainers in MCECS have been receiving phishing emails disguised as complaints about the misuse of copyrighted images on their sites. The emails are often submitted through a [...]
OpenVPN change – Disabling IPv6 routing
If you actively make use of IPv6 routing over the MCECS OpenVPN, this may affect you. Otherwise, please ignore. On Thursday, November 12, 2020, our OpenVPN servers will stop setting [...]
End of Flash for Windows
At long last, Adobe is ending support for the old Flash web browser plugin. This means that the Flash plugin will soon be removed from web browsers on CAT supported [...]