Security

Information: Caution! Warning against sophisticated e-mails containing malware

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Criminal actions in the Internet become even more sophisticated. Times are mostly gone, when virus-infested e-mails were written in bad English or German. Professional criminals are sending e-mails with correct spelling and syntax. They are sending e-mails with faked e-mails addresses as senders and are pretending, that the e-mail was send from a known person. … Read more

GWDG view on the worldwide data leak “Collection #1”

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After the hacker attack on politicians and other prominent people in early January has dominated the headlines, the media now report on a huge password collection for about 773 million online accounts available in the Internet. To give orientation help to its users, the GWDG has presented its view on the discovered worldwide data leak … Read more

Warnung: Gefälschte Einladung zu einer Konferenz-Webseite

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Meldungsnummer: 201901230900 Zeitraum: – Betroffen: Nutzer der GWDG Auswirkungen: – Derzeit ist nachfolgende E-Mail einer angeblichen Einladung von Professor Dr. Casper Hehne zu einer Konferenz-Webseite im Umlauf, die ebenfalls vortäuscht, von ihr versendet worden zu sein. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine Fake- bzw. eine Spam-E-Mail, in der ihr Namen missbraucht wird. Bitte ignorieren Sie … Read more