WARNING ABOUT PHISHING SCAMS

Phishing e-mails with a link that wants to download malware are currently rampant:

You can see from the pictures (supposedly from the Elster portal) what such an e-mail looks like.

This is NOT Elster, but a scam.

Elster is only used as an example here, but has already been spotted as an e-mail here at RPTU today.

Please be particularly careful and do not click on the link not click on the link!

Please also warn your superiors and colleagues.

Also think about employees working from home!

If you have any questions or need help, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Information security team (contact: Vanessa Anefeld)

Explanation:

Image 1 - In an e-mail you are asked to click on a link to a website. (PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS!)
Image 2- In order to access the website, you must first fill in or use a so-called "captcha", which requires you to confirm that you are not a robot but a human being. (Captchas are usually challenge-response tests in which the respondent has to solve a task (challenge) and send back the result (response). In captchas, the tasks are ideally set in such a way that they are easy for humans to solve, but very difficult for computers. Example: click on all the pictures with bicycles on them.)
Picture 3 - After that, a supposed error message would automatically appear (suggesting that you have made a mistake).
Picture 4- You would then be asked to enter "Win + R" and "Ctrl + V" (to correct your mistake). (THIS IS THEN GAME OVER - FOR YOU!!!)

If you then pressed Enter, a Powershell window would open and quickly close and reload and execute some malware.

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ENGLISH VERSION

WARNING ABOUT PHISHING SCAMS

Phishing emails with a link that attempts to load malware are currently spreading:

Win + R Captcha Virus

Based on the images (allegedly from the Elster portal), you can see what such an email might look like.

This is NOT about Elster, but a scam. Elster is used here only as an example, but today it has already been seen here at the RPTU as an email.
Please be especially careful and do not click on the link! Please also warn your supervisors and colleagues. Also think of employees working from home!

If you have any questions or need assistance, you are welcome to contact us. Information Security Team (Contact: Vanessa Anefeld)

Explanation:
Image 1 - In an email, you are asked to click on a link to a website. (PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS!)
Image 2 - To access the website, you would first need to complete or interact with a so-called "Captcha," where you are supposed to confirm that you are not a robot, but a human. (CAPTCHAs are usually challenge-response tests in which the respondent must solve a task (challenge) and submit the result (response). In CAPTCHAs, the tasks posed are ideally such that they are easy for humans to solve but very difficult for computers. Example: click on all images that contain a bicycle.)
Image 3 - Afterwards, an alleged error message would appear automatically (intended to make you believe that you have made a mistake).
Image 4 - You would then be prompted to enter "Win + R" and "Ctrl + V" (TO FIX YOUR ERROR - AFTER THAT, IT'S GAME OVER FOR YOU!!!)
If you then pressed Enter, a PowerShell window would open and quickly close, downloading and executing some kind of malware.