Another successful phishing attack against a UNB employee has resulted in temporary suspension of outgoing e-mail from UNB's internal email systems while ITS investigates the incident and adds additional safeguards.

Email between Faculty and Staff on campus in Fredericton or Saint John is unaffected. Email to students is affected. All email to the outside world will be queued and sent once the matter is resolved. Further updates will be provided as more information is available.

If you have questions or concerns please contact the ITS Help Desk at:  helpdesk@unb.ca or 453-5199

Faculty, staff and students of UNB, as well as ECN sites, may experience a delay of up to 12 hours when receiving emails from individuals outside of UNB or other ECN institutions.

This delay is due to last week's successful phishing attack, generating nearly a million outgoing spam messages to be sent from UNB. All of these spam emails have caused a substantial amount of bounce back notifications that need to be processed by UNB's servers.

Emails sent by unb.ca email addresses to unb.ca email addresses are unaffected by this delay.
 

If you have questions or concerns please contact the ITS Help Desk at:  heldpesk@unb.ca or 453-5199

Over the last week, the HRP/RCMP Integrated Financial Crime Unit has received numerous complaints from citizens who were defrauded after replying to an online classified ad. The citizens responded to a post advertising an apartment for rent or sublet. The person advertising the apartment replied that they were out of the country and asked the victims to wire money overseas to secure the apartment. They advised that when they received the money, the keys to the apartment would be delivered by courier. Once the money was transferred, the “landlord” stopped all communication and the victims discovered that the apartment didn’t exist.

This type of fraud becomes more prevalent when students are seeking to rent apartments or at the end of term when they are attempting to sublet their apartments.  For the complete info follow this link.

http://www.halifax.ca/Police/PressReleases/2013/01January/ApartmentRentalScam.html

Please note that UNB Facilities Management has advised that access to the UNB tunnel system has been restricted from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. today, May 8^th, 2013.

Bruce Rogerson

Director Security and Traffic

Let's Talk Science is a national, award-winning science outreach program. At UNB Saint John, graduate and undergraduate student volunteers partner with school teachers and community groups to deliver hands-on science activities. On May 9, 12 teams from the Greater Saint John area will gather at UNB Saint John to compete in a Let's Talk Science competition. For more information contact Jennifer Loughery at j.lou@unb.ca.

A master of science in engineering oral exam for Dan Mason will be held on Thursday, May 9, at 9:30 a.m. in H224 – TME Room – Old Head Hall. The thesis title is "Evaluation of Traffic Control Countermeasures to Improve Speed Limit Compliance in Work Zones on High-speed Roadways". For further information, please contact Joyce Moore, department of civil engineering, at joycem@unb.ca or 452-6127.

Grade 6-8 students across the Anglophone South School District form teams of 2-4 to compete in a one-day challenge. Teams compete in a quiz show to demonstrate knowledge of general science and display critical thinking in a design challenge. This year's challenge will include video questions from Chris Hadfield.

UNB Recreation Services is pleased to offer an INTRO to Indoor Cycling in the Reilly Family Spin Room 3rd floor of The Richard J. CURRIE CENTER. Are you intimidated? Are you unsure if this is a style of class for you? A new participant will reap the benefits by learning the basics first! So why not join us for this 40 minutes INTRODUCTION to INDOOR CYCLING!

Location: Reilly Family Spin Room, 3rd floor CURRIE CENTER

Date: Thursday, May 9, at 12:10 p.m.

We will cover: Bike set-up, Pedal Strokes, Body position, Perceived Rate Exertion (PRE) Ladder, RPM speed and finish with a 15 minute class. No sign-up required.

For more information call 453-4818 or e-mail Line Marr at line.marr@unb.ca

The Andrews Initiative, in partnership with Sustainable Saint John and the UNB Urban and Community Studies Institute, presents Green Means Go! Jobs, Skills, and Resilience in a 21st Century Economy, a lecture on sustainable economic development delivered by national thought-leader Sarah L. White. This is the fourth in the Year of Energy and the Environment speakers series. The public lecture and discussion period will take place on Thursday, May 9 at the UNB Grand Hall, 40 Charlotte Street, Saint John. A reception and cash bar will start at 5:00 p.m., followed by the lecture at 6:00 p.m. Admission is free and the University community is invited to attend. Dr. White is a Senior Associate at the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, a national policy centre at the University of Wisconsin dedicated to high-road economic development. Her work focuses on the intersection of labor, education, and energy policy at local and national levels.