Watch Out for Election-Themed Scams In this week’s scam, cybercriminals are taking advantage of the upcoming United States elections to try and steal your personal information and money. The scams vary slightly and involve fake text messages, social media posts, phone calls, and more. Cybercriminals use AI to make these phishing attempts even more […]

Attention Students! GHC has received several recent reports of work-from-home email scams targeting our students. These fraudulent offers aim to collect your personal information and passwords through a malicious website or survey tool, such as Google Forms. Do NOT respond to these messages or click on any links contained within them. Here are some important […]

The University System of Georgia has seen an increasing amount of fraudulent activity impacting student financial aid. Cyber criminals are using phishing emails and social media scams to gain access to student login credentials, which allows them to make unauthorized changes to direct deposit/banking information and steal financial aid refunds. A recent news story by […]

Online class and homework cheating services have become a concerning issue for colleges and universities because they often lead to extortion and blackmail. Plagarism Today explains why: The reason is simple: The victim of the scam has little to no recourse, since they were acting unethically themselves. These scams can run the gamut from simply […]

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Online class and homework cheating services have become a concerning issue for colleges and universities because they often lead to extortion and blackmail. Plagarism Today explains why: The reason is simple: The victim of the scam has little to no recourse, since they were acting unethically themselves. These scams can run the gamut from simply […]

A major cellular outage occurred Thursday morning that affected many AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile users. While the cause(s) of this problem are still unclear and we don’t know if another outage may happen soon, you can protect your access to student email and D2L by using the Duo Mobile app instead of receiving text messages […]

Effective February 8, 2024, Duo Mobile will no longer support Android 10 and iOS 14. Google and Apple deploy new operating systems as major releases every year. As part of these release cycles, older operating systems on Android and iOS mobile devices stop receiving important updates and go through end-of-service and end-of-life phases. To anticipate […]

Securing information and information systems, products or services remains a core responsibility of Georgia Highlands College and GHC has a legal and ethical responsibility to protect information in its care with effective and industry-standard cybersecurity safeguards. Therefore, we’ve upgraded Duo Security at GHC with Duo Verified Push to add an additional layer of protection for […]