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January 15, 2025

This phishing email image appears to mimic a legitimate correspondence from Bank of America. It aims to deceive recipients into divulging sensitive information, clicking on malicious links, or downloading harmful attachments. The email’s structure, visual branding, and urgent tone are designed to exploit trust and induce immediate action. Red Flags: Urgent Language: Phrases such as […]


ACTlON Required – Uthscsa Server SecurityID:83DIGAI33YVF4RN8UJFNMS0DAHJFP1BF

January 13, 2025

The email pretends to be from a Microsoft 365 support team, warning the recipient about their password expiring the same day. It prompts the recipient to maintain access by clicking on a suspicious link. The sender attempts to create urgency to trick the user into acting without verifying the email’s authenticity. Red Flags: Suspicious Sender […]


Announcement: UT Health San Antonio

December 18, 2024

The email is designed to steal credentials. The attachment has a link that goes to a bad actor’s site and asks the recipient to logon. That is when they steal the password. Red Flag – A promise of a part time job that part time job that pays almost $30 an hour with no experience […]


Payment Confirmation McAfee

December 16, 2024

This email is designed to get the recipient to contact the phone number in this email. The phone number is not the Customer Service Number for McAfee. It is manned by the scammers and they will ask the caller to provide Personal Identifiable Information and possibly even bank information so they can “credit” the caller’s […]


Venmo Request for Crypto Currency

December 16, 2024

The subject of this phish is actually Roger J. Ollis Roger J. requests $249.99. The subject will change but the phish is real. This phish is posing as a notification to ensure the recipient actually authorized this payment. But the phone number they ask the recipient to call to cancel is not Venmo customer service. […]


IT Service Timely Notification or IMS Service Request

December 16, 2024

This email has a couple red flags. Always be careful when the email greeting is generic. When someone wants you to do something, they will address you specifically. The threat to permanently delete your account, for not responding to emails from IT Admin, is used to rush the recipient into quickly making a decision without […]


Hello

November 21, 2024

This email is a phish. It is clearly coming from an email address that isn’t associated with our university. Faculty members and other people high up in the organization use their UTHSA email accounts when conducting university business. There is also a HOP policy stating business can not be carried out with personal email addresses. […]


UT Career Center / Office For Disabilities

November 12, 2024

This email has many red flags that show it is not a legitimate email. The generic greeting should give you pause but is not always a sign of a phish. However, when you look at other parts of this email, there are enough other red flags to conclude this is a phishing attempt. If you […]


Smishing Scams Increasing Activity

October 28, 2024

This isn’t about an email. It is about Smishing Scams. Smishing is like a phish but it comes in the form of Text Message through the SMS protocol. Some recent activity appears to be coming from a high level member of our university, but it has been identified as a scam. The phone number the […]


Beware of Phishing Links Disguised as Dropbox Files

September 24, 2024

    Beware of Phishing Links Disguised as Dropbox Files Phishing attacks are evolving, and the latest trend that’s catching people off guard is the use of trusted cloud services like Dropbox to deliver malicious content. Why? Because we all know Dropbox. It’s convenient, reliable, and most importantly, it feels safe. But that’s exactly why […]