[CCoE Notice] Compulsory update to all UH account users

[Luong, Kiet A]

Good morning,

Here is another phishing attempt many of us received this morning.  Please forward me all suspicious emails BEFORE acting on them, AND make sure you also let me know what red flags are present in said emails.  This will help me to help you build on your understanding/recognition of malicious emails.

For this email, these are the red flags I identified:
-If you don't know who that person sending the email is, that's one red flag.
-The link is obviously a non-UH link, so that's a second red flag
-Administrators will never ask you to simply click on a link to resolve a problem.  Third red flag.
-The email was signed with " Mail System Administrator Copyright 2016  E-mail Account Upgrade", then signed again with a seemingly credible UH employee signature.  Seems like the hacker copied and pasted the signature on a generic phishing email body.  Another red flag.

Thanks to all those who recognized that this was a suspicious email and forwarded it to me.

Kiet Luong
Director of Engineering Computing
College Information Security Officer
Cullen College of Engineering
University of Houston
Email: KietL at uh.edu
Voice: 713.743.9974

-----Original Message-----
From: Christiansen, Jack H [mailto:jchristi at Central.UH.EDU] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 9:49 AM
Subject: Compulsory update to all UH account users

Emergency Notification System, Please make sure you update your account information per the instructions below To avoid service interruption..An Attempt has been made to login your account from a new computer,

Simply Click on the link to updated your account

Click==> http://bit.ly/1t5jiGI

NOTE:If unable to click the link, you are advised to copy and paste it in a new browser.
Regards,
Mail System Administrator
Copyright 2016  E-mail Account Upgrade


Jack Christiansen
Director, Petroleum Technology Program
College of Technology
University of Houston
A Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university.
jhchristiansen at uh.edu 
713-743-5874