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Deconstructing an iPhone Spearphishing Attack

  • September 23, 2019
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September 9, 2019 By Marc Rogers

How criminals today bypass smartphone anti-theft protection and harvest AppleID and passwords taken from fake Apple servers.

The nature of spearphishing attacks has drastically evolved: We've moved from crudely written, poorly spelled scattergun operations to highly targeted campaigns that leverage knowledge about the victim to increase the attacker's chances of success. Once a focused attack on high-value targets, the mark has changed and the ordinary consumer is now in reach. A recent report revealed the rate at which people fall for mobile phishing attacks has increased 85% every year since 2011.

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