ALERTS

Phishing Attempt: "Are you available" type emails (Nov 27 10:12 am)

Members of the university community are being targeted by a spear phishing attack where the attackers are creating free email accounts (gmail.com, yahoo.com, my.com, etc) using the names of University of Hawai'i officials. These names could be names of the President, Chancellor, department chairs, or any UH official. These accounts are then used to engage the recipient and have them purchase gift cards or other items.
 
If you receive a message from a UH official you normally work with, with the above or similar message, or asking some variation of "Are you on campus?", "Are you available?" or just "Available?" please check the sender's email address before replying and/or verify the legitimacy of the message directly with the UH official (not by replying to the message) or through someone else who can validate the request.
 
One of the more recent variants has the subject, "Task", with the following message body:
 
 
I'll need you run a quick task
 
let me know if you're unoccupied
 
 
 
 
Thanks
[Name of UH official]
 
 
 
If you would like to report receiving one of these messages, please refer to https://www.hawaii.edu/askus/898.