2024 CPE Provider List Information Verification
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 phishing email is intended to impersonate the Texas Education Agency and direct users to a malicious link to harvest credentials. Below are the red flags:
- Sender’s Email Address: The email comes from an ‘icloud.com’ domain, which is unusual for official communication from an organization like the Texas Education Agency. Official emails would typically come from a verified government or organizational domain.
- Urgency and Threats: The email creates a sense of urgency by stating that the verification link will expire within 24 hours and threatens license revocation. Phishers often use such tactics to compel the recipient to act hastily without scrutinizing the email.
- Request for Sensitive Actions: Asking to click a link to update or verify information can be dangerous without confirming the legitimacy of the request through official channels.
- Malicious link: The link was found to be linked to phishing schemes when scanned with antivirus software.
