RECOGNIZE, PROTECT, REACT to Information Security
Information security is a joint task of all employees, students and members of the University of Münster. See-Protect-React represents a three-step process of competencies designed to make information security more accessible in your daily work.
The See section provides information on potential threats, attackers' approaches, and the value of your information.
The Protect section provides you with concrete action instructions, step-by-step guides, and useful tips for implementing a secure way of working in your everyday workplace.
In the React section, you will find clues on how to recognize a security-critical incident, what to do in such a case, and who to contact immediately.
IT- and Information Security Courses
Checklists
Use our IT Security Checklist to implement the necessary IT security measures at your workplace step by step.
Use our Checklist: How to Detect Scam Emails to identify and protect yourself against phishing and other harmful emails.
Also, use our Emergency Card to ensure that if you can no longer access the Internet, you can still reach your responsible contacts.
Warning about current phishing e-mails
An increased amount of phishing e-mails is currently being sent to many members of the University of Münster.
The emails have the subject "uni-muenster Ticket#1450588615 Mailbox storage full Tuesday, November 5, 2024" and claim that the storage space for one's own mailbox has been surpassed and actions are necessary. This is just a false pretext to entice recipients to reveal their access data on an external website. The emails were sent from external sender addresses. Legitimate notifications about full storage space via email do not exist.
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Warning about current phishing e-mails
An increased amount of phishing e-mails is currently being sent to many members of the University of Münster.
The emails have the subject “1 neue Termin-Nachricht” or “Action Required” and pretend to be an invitation to an appointment. They contain a link to an external website on which the University of Münster's login page has been replicated. The emails come from external senders, some of them from other universities.
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Warning about current phishing e-mails
An increased amount of phishing e-mails is currently being sent to many members of the University of Münster.
The emails have the subject "E-Mail-Zustellung fehlgeschlagen - (1)" and claim that emails were returned to the sender due to a synchronization error and that these messages now need to be retrieved manually. This is just a false pretext to trick recipients into revealing their login details on an external website that mimics a generic webmail interface. The emails were sent from an external address
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