Quiz - E-mails

--- primary_color: '#1C90F3' title_color: black shuffle_questions: false shuffle_answers: true shuffle_answers: true --- ## How to check the web link inserted in an e-mail without clicking on it? > There is a possibility to move the mouse over the weblink without clicking the link. Then information about the web link will be displayed without calling the link. 1. [ ] I ask the sender of the e-mail for the destination address of the weblink by writing back via "Reply". > Unfortunately wrong. 2. [x] I move the mouse over the web link without clicking it and check the displayed information about the web address (e.g. in the info field). > **Right answer!** 3. [ ] Unfortunately this does not work. I have to click on the link. > Unfortunately wrong. Sender names are just as deceptively falsifiable as web links in e-mails. 4. [ ] If the sender name of the e-mail is known to me, there is no need to check the web link further. > Unfortunately wrong. ## How can confidential data be sent securely? > Confidential data may only be sent encrypted over the Internet. 1. [ ] As e-mail with the clearly visible note "confidential" in subject line and e-mail text. > Unfortunately wrong. 2. [x] Confidential data may only be sent over the Internet in encrypted form. > **Right answer!** 3. [ ] The data must be sent to the "confidentiality officer" of your university, who then forwards it encrypted over the internet. > Generally, there is no person or central office in public authorities who is responsible for the encryption of e-mails. 4 [ ] Confidential data may only be sent from the official e-mail address for private purposes and e-mail marked as "private". > Unfortunately wrong. Sending confidential information over the Internet without encryption is equivalent to sending sensitive data by postcard. Institutional or confidential data must not be sent via insecure means such as the Internet. ## What does the term "phishing" mean? > Phishing = password theft via e-mail or the Internet. Corresponding e-mails are disguised as a serious message from a credit institution and ask you to update personal data, passwords or PINs. With the data then your accounts plundered. 1. [ ] The unencrypted transmission of confidential information. > Unfortunately not correct. 2. [ ] The detection of misdirected information in emails. > Unfortunately not correct. 3. [ ] "Phishing" is another term for "Pharming". > Unfortunately incorrect "Pharming" is a further development of phishing. The point of attack here is a link to a page you want to visit. This link is redirected to another address with a fake web page of the attacker or the attacker by a technical manipulation unnoticed. 4. [x] "Password theft by e-mail": request disguised as a serious e-mail to disclose personal data and passwords in order to misuse them. >**Right Answer** ## What to do when you receive an email with suspicious email attachment? 1. [ ] I download the content of the attachment to check it. > Unfortunately not correct. Emails are still a popular way to spread malware across a network. Especially critical are active content and executables in emails, which can contain malicious code that is executed when the document is opened. 2. [x] I only open unexpected files after I could make sure by another way that this email was actually sent by this person. > **Right answer** 3. [ ] If the attachment is malicious, our central antivirus system always detects that. > Unfortunately wrong! Even if the detection rate of protection programs is very high, thousands of new computer viruses are circulated every day. Therefore, careful handling of e-mail attachments is just as important as the correct use of anti-virus programs. 4. [ ] An e-mail from a known sender address can always be trusted. > Unfortunately wrong. E-mails are a fast and effective alternative to communication by letter. However, it is not guaranteed that the e-mail really originates from the specified person and that the content can be trusted. ## Which of the following web links actually leads to a page of the Technical University of Dortmund? 1. [ ] `https://indianacars.in/images/query/error/all/tudortmund/tudortmund.htm` > Unfortunately wrong. The part immediately before the third slash (\/) is always the domain - that means in this case the domain is "indianacars.in". 2. [x] `https://webmail.tu-dortmund.de/roundcubemail/` > **correct answer!** 3. [ ] `https://tu-dortmund-login.weebly.com/` > Unfortunately wrong. The part immediately before the third slash (\/) is always the domain. That means in this case the domain is "weebly.com". 4. [ ] `https://sso.itmc.tu-doıtmund.de/openam/UI/Login/` > Unfortunately wrong. Please pay attention to the correct spelling of the domain, people like to use characters in the domains that have a great similarity to the letters in the real link.