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 number of phishing emails are currently being sent to many members of the University of Münster.
The emails have the subject "Sie haben 3 Dateien per Microsoft Shared Document erhalten." or "Die Universität Münster hat Ihnen 3 Dateien gesendet" and have been sent from different external accounts (University of Alberta and University of Bielefeld). The emails claim that files have been shared via "Microsoft Shared Document". This is just a false pretext to lure recipients to an external website controlled by the attackers, which exfiltrates entered credentials.
Warning about current phishing e-mails
An increased number of phishing emails are currently being sent to many members of the University of Münster.
The emails have the subject 'Update!!!' and pretend to be from 'Microsoft Support'. The emails claim that storage space is exhausted and recipients need to sign in via a link to obtain more storage space. This is just a false pretext to lure recipients to an external website controlled by the attackers.
Warning about current phishing e-mails
An increased number of scam emails are currently being sent to many members of the University of Münster.
In the emails, the attackers pose as managers or supervisors and ask for assistance with an "important task." The sender's name uses the name of the supervising person, but the emails originate from an external address (often a generic Gmail address). Currently, the names of the recipients are used as the subject.