GoDaddy Users Targets of Phishing Email

GoDaddy users are being targeted with a new phishing email.

The spam email tells its potential victims that they will not be able to receive any more emails because their email storage has reached its limit. If the victim does not upgrade their storage within 24 hours, the email goes on to say, their email account will be suspended. It the victim clicks on the provided link, it leads to an "http" page where they are asked to provide their login information.

“Now, if you are observant, you might notice that you're still not logged in and that your account, in fact, hasn't been upgraded,” researchers wrote. “To most this would be annoying that you have to login again, but in reality the scam has already been completed and probably 97% of your fellow victims are none the wiser. Once you clicked on the “Log In” button, anything in the username and password boxes was transmitted to the scammer.”

This is a common hack that gets the hackers user info and will allow those same hackers to "mess with" the victims account.

Source: SCMagazine