Phishing Attempt: Urgent Response

SUMMARY: Phishing Attempt: Urgent Response
POSTED ON: 08/09/2014
REPORTER: ITS Help Desk
START TIME: Aug 09 04:56 PM
END TIME: Sep 10 04:56 PM
DESCRIPTION: A phishing attempt has been reported supposedly from the University of Hawaii. Please do NOT reply to the email or click on the link. Do NOT submit your personal information.

The University of Hawaii will NEVER ask for your UH username and password in an email message.

See: http://www.hawaii.edu/askus/898 for reporting a new/suspicious email targeting UH usernames.

Sample message:

From: hawaii@Support <sec.prae@uece.br>
Date: Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:12 PM
Subject: Urgent Response
To:

Dear User

To re-validate your mail account please click on the below link and enter your user id and password for maintenance and Virus Scanning, Very Important.

Click here

Your Mail account will be permanently terminated in a short time for failure to adhere to our urgent notice.

Thank you for your cooperation.
University of hawaii Management Support
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