News
ALERT: Update VMware vCenter Server for critical vulnerabilities
Affected VMware servers and components should be updated as soon as possible after appropriate testing.
NOTICE: Extortion Emails Increasing at U-M
ITS Information Assurance recently has seen a resurgence of email extortion scams across higher education. Please be aware of these ongoing scams and share this information with faculty, staff and students.
ALERT: ITS IA Alert for LiteSpeed Cache Plugin
This message is intended for U-M IT staff who are responsible for university websites on WordPress, and will be of interest to anyone running a WordPress site.
Help Me Now and UH South Paging Office will be closed over the Labor Day holiday
HITS walk-up support will be closed on Monday, September 2.
NOTICE: Spread awareness of student football ticket scams
ITS Information Assurance recently has seen an increase in the sophistication of student football ticket scams. Please be aware of these ongoing scams and share this information with your student population, student advisors, and faculty.
ALERT: Threat Actors Exploiting VMware ESXi Vulnerability
This message is intended for U-M IT staff who are responsible for ESXi hypervisors.
Remaining Level-2 passwords set to expire August-December
Remaining Michigan Medicine (Level-2) passwords will expire between August and December 2024.
ALERT: Beware of false requests for personal information during IT outages
HITS has received notice from a trusted partner that bad actors have tried to pose as Crowdstrike to collect personal information.
July IT Update: VPN changes, Personal contact info, CME credits, Java removal, M365, Ai guidelines, Password syncing tops 50%
Your monthly digest of upcoming changes and enhancements to IT hardware, software, and services.
ALERT: Update OpenSSH on Linux Servers for Critical Vulnerability
This message is intended for U-M IT staff who are responsible for university Linux systems using OpenSSH server.
Help Me Now and UH South Paging Services Offices closed on Fourth of July
HITS walk-up support will be closed on Thursday, July 4.
Your User Experience with CoPilot in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Edge will soon be changing.
In order to protect Michigan Medicine users from cyber threats and to align with Michigan Medicine’s AI strategy, Microsoft’s AI tool – CoPilot, will soon be removed from the Michigan Medicine environment.
NOTICE: Be aware of phishing scams urging users to verify accounts
Please inform your unit staff, student advisors, and faculty about the risks of phishing attempts, as compromised accounts can lead to further scams and unauthorized access to university resources.
June IT Update: VPN changes, Dropbox updates, evals in Cornerstone, password syncing continues
Your monthly digest of upcoming changes and enhancements to IT hardware, software, and services.
Coming Soon: New Microsoft Planner to include To Do and Project For The Web capabilities
In the next few months, Microsoft is consolidating Project for the Web and Microsoft To Do features and capabilities into the new Microsoft Planner.
VPN restricted to “Managed-Only” devices starts July 31
As of July 31, 2024, Michigan Medicine's Virtual Private Network (VPN) will be limited exclusively to devices managed by Michigan Medicine.
Reminder: New Microsoft planner to include To Do and Project for Web capabilities
In the next few months, Microsoft is consolidating Project for the Web and Microsoft To Do features and capabilities into the new Microsoft Planner.
HITS team earns recognition for improving Michigan Medicine's cellular coverage
A groundbreaking OpenRoaming Initiative led by a team at HITS recently earned recognition from Cisco, a worldwide technology company.
Help Me Now and UH South Paging Services Offices closed on Memorial Day
HITS walk-up support will be closed on Monday, May 27.
May IT Update: Password syncing continues, Dropbox updates, NVivo, Self evals in Cornerstone, Downtime procedures
Your monthly digest of upcoming changes and enhancements to IT hardware, software, and services.
NOTICE: Job Scams Trending at U-M
Help spread awareness of scam emails that target students
M365 external participant "sharing links" expiry default increasing from 30 to 90 days
Last summer, HITS introduced the ability for M365 users to share links to documents and folders in OneDrive and SharePoint with non-Michigan Medicine partners. At that time, the default expiration window for those links was set to 30 days. Based on customer feedback, we’re increasing the default expiration time to 90 days. As before, those who share links can continue to extend the deadline manually, if desired.
April 18 event: Walking tour of CSC, where HITS recently collaborated to bring VR to Michigan Medicine
Experience a walking tour of the Clinical Simulation Center (CSC) Med Sci II led by Dr. James Cooke, Executive Director.
April IT Update: Sync your passwords now! Win11, Prism, MiChart Upgrade, System Accounts
Your monthly digest of upcoming changes and enhancements to IT hardware, software, and services.
ALERT: Linux XZ Utils and SSH Backdoor
This message is intended for U-M IT staff who are responsible for university Linux systems using XZ Utils versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1. This may also be of interest to individuals using the above on personal computers.