We’ve gotten a few reports of a new phishing/scam email that’s going around. The subject line is “Fatal ERROR! Data lost risk!” and the body of the email looks like this:
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Message from CPanel Network Server Monitor, 10/20/2013 00:03:00:
Item:
DRIVER=MYSQL Server; MYSQL
Result:
Fatal ERROR! Data lost risk!
Explanation:
ERROR: Opening connection to database, ADO error: Unspecified error MYSQL Server does not exist or access denied.
To resolve this issue, please, restart MySQL Server, using this URL:
http://61.126.8.121/cpanel/index.php?domain=socialemediabc.com&reauth=1948
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This is spam. It’s simply an effort to steal your hosting account’s login information. The link takes you to a fake cpanel login and logging in will send your login information to a hacker.
