Doug Mendenhall, instructor of journalism and mass communication, checks his email every night before shutting his laptop and going to bed, not expecting any form of danger to threaten the safety of his home. However, without his knowledge, a surge of data has begun to transmit from his ACU Banner account. Thousands of data bytes of valuable ... [Read More…]
Heartbleed attempts attack on ACU server
A computer bug called "Heartbleed," has forced another change of ACU login passwords. This is the same bug that forced all students, staff and faculty on campus to change their ACU-login password for precautionary reasons last October. ACU's technology department placed a warning on the myACU homepage to alert faculty and students and encourage ... [Read More…]
Sitting in computer chairs for what is right
Too lazy to picket outside a business or march with signs down a street? Now you don't have to leave your house to support a cause. Hacktivism - hacking a computer or server for a politically or socially motivated purpose - is growing in popularity. Recently, you're mom or dad might have asked you if you use Snapchat, and you might have been ... [Read More…]
Something phishy: Hackers reroute payments
The university was informed on Tuesday afternoon that six employee payments had been rerouted to out-of-state bank accounts and a total of 17 myACU accounts had been accessed by the perpetrators. Before Thanksgiving break, several ACU email accounts received a phishing email that, when responded to, allowed the perpetrators to attain account ... [Read More…]
Password change encourages safety
All students, faculty and staff will have to change their myACU password by Oct. 1. Passwords that have not been changed by the end of the month will automatically be deactivated. Evan Young, information technology communication officer, said changing the myACU password is for the safety of the system users. ACU recently conducted an internal ... [Read More…]