Our Commitment
Our Commitment
At York University, we recognize that information security is about more than just defending against cyber threats—it’s about protecting privacy, ensuring responsible data management, and fostering a culture of digital trust.
Explore our resources, best practices, and cybersecurity awareness materials designed to help you navigate the ever-evolving landscape of information security.
Phishing is a scam in which someone sends you a message trying to get you to open a file, click a link, or follow provided instructions. Their goal is to steal your personal information or money.
While York employs a variety of measures to help protect against these threats. The security awareness initiative is intended to help promote and provide helpful resources and training to York community members.
Technology has gotten better and better, isn't it time to improve the way you handle passwords? Read the links below to help you create a strong password, manage all your passwords in a password manager, and enable two-step verification.
5 December 2025
Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in React and Next.js Frameworks
The React team released a security advisory regarding a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-55182, in the React server that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform remote code execution on an affected device or system. Severity level:- CVSS...
3 December 2025
Phish Alert - Notification of Eligibility: Fall 2025 Bonus at York University
The Information Security team has identified a targeted phishing email sent between December 2nd - 3rd, 2025 that is being circulated among the York University community. The email used the subject line equal or similar to "Notification of Eligibility: Fal...
28 November 2025
Microsoft Defender False Positive Detections on PowerShell and svchost: Win32/AMSI_Patch.A
York University's Information Security team is aware of a spike in false positive antivirus detections by Windows Defender against benign activity in the powershell.exe and svchost.exe processes. The issue is believed to have begun around the evening of No...
