coe-staff: Critical Internet Explorer (IE) update

[Jeff Woodbury]

All,

The University of Oregon's IT Security group has notified campus of a critical update for Windows computers (see below).

If you have not updated or rebooted your Windows computer in the last 24 hours, please make sure to shutdown down your computer or reboot your work computer at the end of today.

Sincerely,

Jeff Woodbury
Director of Technology, COE

From: deptcomp-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu [mailto:deptcomp-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu] On Behalf Of Technology Service Desk
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 11:18 AM
To: Departmental Computing List
Subject: deptcomp: Critical Internet Explorer (IE) update

Sent on behalf of Will Laney, Chief Information Security Officer

Hello Everyone,

Yesterday Microsoft released a critical update for Internet Explorer (IE). This update addresses security vulnerabilities that are already being actively exploited.

We encourage you to update IE as soon as possible. This update is available through Windows Update, which you can find in the control panel.

Even if IE is not your primary web browser, we still suggest all Windows users update IE to address this critical vulnerability.

Here's some additional information:

  *   http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/08/microsoft-issues-emergency-patch-for-critical-ie-bug-under-active-exploit/
  *   https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS15-093

If you need assistance with this update, please contact the Technology Service Desk (techdesk at uoregon.edu<mailto:techdesk at uoregon.edu>; 541-346-4357).

Take care,
Will

Will Laney, CISSP, CISA
Chief Information Security Officer
The University of Oregon
Phone: (541) 346-9700
Email: wlaney at uoregon.edu<mailto:wlaney at uoregon.edu>

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