A quizzle for the weekend: Which of the following domains is most likely a malicious one? Look closely! ԁeutsche-telekom.de sparkasse-ԁarmstadt.de cloud.sessionID.cf.373.tw/323.fra.commerzbank.de Quite simple, some will say. Others claim they never fail to phishing mails or open unknown file attachments. This always happens to the others! Whoever knows such a person may pass this quiz to him or her. Solution Even if the first two domains seem familiar, they do not lead to where you expect. The “d” in deutsche-telekom and sparkasse-darmstadt is a cyrillic “d” and hardly distinguishable from our latin one. Technically it is a completely different letter. A look into the source code reveals the difference: Read more

Within just a few days, the German EU Representation warns people about phishing emails.1 This is the 4th warning regarding data theft since July 20202 by Reinhard Hönighaus, press spokesman and head of the press and media office. Obviously there is an urgent need for action. In his current warning dated 26.11.2020, only two days after the previous one, he identifies T-Online users as targeted by phishing mails and also provides the explanation: Read more