IT-Service der OVGU
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Emails can be dangerous in a number of ways:
Phishing describes an attempt to obtain account information from users via fake Emails. The quality of phishing emails varies greatly. Some are of such poor quality that they immediately stand out as forgeries. Others, in turn, are so well designed that it is difficult to tell whether a fraud attempt has been made.
Our central spam check cannot always detect all phishing e-mails and mark them accordingly.
Do not divulge your account information and above all your password, you would pass this sensitive information on to third parties. Unauthorized persons would have the possibility to view the contents of your e-mail account or to spread new spam via your account data. The OVGU must prevent this urgently, since otherwise our mail servers are "branded" as spam propagators and therefore legitimate e-mails are no longer accepted by many other remote peers.
<Unfortunately, there are no clear criteria for identifying phishing Emails. Many phishing e-mails describe a threatening scenario for the user, which can only be averted by an alleged interaction after login with the corresponding account and password. A typical example is the pretended warning that your inbox is full and can be extended by entering your username and password. However, when you receive an Email you should always pay attention to the following things before reacting to the content of the Email:
If your account information has been passed on to third parties, you should first check your end devices for Trojans or other malware. If a Trojan is installed on one of your endpoints, the new password would fall back into the hands of the third party after the password was changed. However, depending on how up-to-date the Trojan is, it may take a while for the antivirus solution manufacturers to provide appropriate signatures to recognize the Trojan.
If there are no more Trojans on your end devices or if you have disclosed the account data via a phishing website, you should immediately change your password in the service section of the URZ website.
IT-Service der OVGU
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