[CCoE Notice] FW: UIT Security Alert: Email Message about AT&T Voice Mail with Suspicious Attachment

[Luong, Kiet A]

Good afternoon,

Many of you may have already received this notification from Mary Dickerson, UIT Security Officer.  This is a legitimate notification, so please follow her advice and not download the attachment in the said email.

For information regarding current phishing scams and other phishing information, please visit the UIT webpage at w w w.uh.edu/uit, then choose Services->Secure Your Data->Spam & Phishing.  It's always better to type out the web address yourself rather than follow any links that may potentially reroute you to infected/malicious webpages.

As stated in previous alerts, you can also email me and ask before clicking on any suspicious emails, web links or attachments.  Thank you for being alert and recognizing malicious emails as they show up regularly in our inboxes.

Kiet Luong
Director of Engineering Computing
Cullen College of Engineering
Email: KietL at uh.edu
Voice: 713.743.9974

From: University Information Technology [mailto:it at uh.edu]
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 3:24 PM
To: Luong, Kiet A
Subject: UIT Security Alert: Email Message about AT&T Voice Mail with Suspicious Attachment

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This is an official alert issued by UH IT Security. To verify the validity of this message, you can visit the UH IT website at uh.edu/uit<http://uhhelpdesk.custhelp.com/rd?1=AvU0~wohPP8SyC39GtMe~yL~Jvsq~4D~8N~Jfzr~&2=9952> or contact UIT Security at 832-842-4695 or via email at security at uh.edu<mailto:security at uh.edu>.

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UH Faculty and Staff:

Another message with a suspicious attachment has been detected at UH.  This message may have the subject "AT&T - You have a new Voice Mail" and could appear to have been sent by a University of Houston address or an external address.

Do not open this attachment.  Delete this message immediately.

If you have already opened this attachment, or have questions about the validity of a message, contact UIT Security via email at security at uh.edu<mailto:security at uh.edu> or via phone at 832-842-4695.

Mary E. Dickerson, MBA, CISSP, CISM, PMP
Executive Director, IT Security
Chief Information Security Officer
University of Houston | University of Houston System
phone: 832-842-4679
email: mdickerson at uh.edu<mailto:mdickerson at uh.edu>


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