Announcements & Warnings

Warnings

15 Jun 2022

Warning: Vulnerability in the MS Office

Cybersecurity Team of Masaryk University warns of the vulnerability in O365 applications that allows malicious code to run on your device. How does this threat work precisely, and what can you do to avoid it?

Warnings

31 Mar 2022

Fraudulent phone calls from fake Microsoft technical support

Cybersecurity Team of Masaryk University has recently received several reports from users about fraudulent calls to Masaryk University's specialist workplaces. 

12 May 2021

The Cybersecurity Team Excelled at the International Locked Shields 2021 Exercise

Our two colleagues from CSIRT, Václav Chlad and Andrej Tomči, performed extremely well at the international cyber security exercise Locked Shields 2021. Thanks to their professional approach, the Czech Republic's team ranked in the global competition on 3rd place.

26 Apr 2021

Tomáš Plesník as the New Head of CSIRT-MU: I Appreciate What We Managed to Build

The CSIRT-MU cybersecurity team has a strong reputation not only at the university but also in the Czech Republic and Europe. Since January 2021, there is a new leader in its head, although he is certainly no newcomer to the institute. We asked Tomáš Plesník how he gets along with the new role of the head of one of the most visible teams at ICS.

8 Mar 2021

I got rid of the word Impossible in my dictionary — Ili Ko about her journey through the world of IT

At the beginning of February, our cybersecurity team was strengthened by researcher Ili Ko, who moved them to the Czech Republic in cooperation with the ICS. What are her first impressions of our Institute and Brno? What are the plans and goals for the future? On today's International Women's Day, we symbolically shared an "international and women's" interview with you.

5 Jun 2020

Warning: Masaryk University users targeted by malware

In recent days, Masaryk University's cybersecurity team has seen a new sample of malware targeted at Masaryk University users. 

16 Apr 2020

Warning: Our university could face a massive wave of spear-phishing e-mails in the upcoming days

The cybersecurity team of Masaryk University would like to inform you about an increased risk of being targeted by fraudulent e-mails in upcoming days, so-called spear-phishing. Fraudulent e-mails could also misuse the current situation around the coronavirus pandemic. Given the nature and possible consequences of this situation, we would like to give you more details.