Confidential – Password Notification

This email below has been confirmed as malicious or fraudulent by the Information Security department. If you have received this phishing email, do not open any attachments or follow the link(s) in the message; simply delete the email.

This email is an attempt to trick the recipient into clicking on a link, by stating their password will expire soon. It uses the “urgency” of the recipient’s password expiring to persuade the recipient to act quickly. The link to “Keep My Password” redirects to a site and could be used to download malicious code to  your workstation or device.

UT Health SA IT will only send emails using an official signature block.

Here is a link to examples of an official signature block:

https://infosec.uthscsa.edu/phishing-prevention#signatureblocks

Screenshot of email trying to trick recipient into clicking on a potentially malicious link

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