Blog Archives

Security initiative: Kerberos authentication in the campus network

Schloss mit Schlüssel

As part of the increase in IT security, authentication using Kerberos will only be supported within the campus network from April 4, 2023.

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End of support for MS Office 2013

The manufacturer support (supply with security updates) for MS Office 2013 ends on 11 April 2023. This requires an update of corresponding installations.

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An (Almost) Perfect E-Mail Deception – or: You can Never be too Careful!

Beware, we keep observing emails that are intended to encourage recipients to download files with malware!

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“Check your e-mail account …”

Attention: Phishing emails ask for access data on fake pages.

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Protective measures against ransomware

The Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision and the IT Law Department of the Bavarian state universities and colleges provide material to assist in prevention.

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New year, new tricks – Beware of e-mail fraudsters

Unfortunately, scams via e-mail are not uncommon. We show a new scam and look into the question why this kind of trickery seems to be promising.

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