Apple fanboys and fangirls may have to be on alert for a new phishing scam claiming to be from their favorite tech company.
Security firm Kaspersky said the scam appears to target the banking information of prospective victims.
"The scammers didn’t just target logins and passwords for personal accounts but also users’ banking information, and in order to achieve their goal they are willing to promise anything," Kaspersky expert Tatyana Shcherbakova said in a blog post.
"Inexperienced users may find it difficult to see through the fraud, but requests for confidential bank information or data that gives access to personal accounts are a clear sign of a phishing scam," she added.
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With all the warnings about phishing, users should not fall for this type of thing.
Key phrase "Inexperienced users may find it difficult to see through the fraud, but requests for confidential bank information or data that gives access to personal accounts are a clear sign of a phishing scam."
Security firm warns vs. new phish scam targeting Apple
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Cheers, Jasper
Have passed this one on to my local Apple Fan Girl...my wife...;)
Regards, Baldrick
Have passed this one on to my local Apple Fan Girl...my wife...;)
Regards, Baldrick
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The following article is a update on Apple phish scam
10/07/14 5:00 AM PT
Follow the money" isn't just the war cry of journalistic bloodhounds hot on the trail of political corruption. It's the mantra of Web predators, too. That's why PayPal consistently has been the top brand targeted by phishers -- although that appears to have changed.
Apple now has the dubious distinction of most-phished brand, according to the latest report from the Anti-Phishing Work Group.
For the first half of this year, 17.7 percent of all phishing attacks were aimed at Apple -- a first for the brand -- followed by PayPal (14.4 percent) and Chinese shopping site Taobao.com (13.2 percent), the APWG reported.
Have phishers suddenly become more interested in stocking their music libraries from iTunes than siphoning money from PayPal? Not quite.
"We're seeing a lot of account takeover types of stuff, and your Apple ID is tied into everything," report coauthor Rod Rasmussen told TechNewsWorld.
TechNewsWorld/ Article/ http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81157.html
(Phishers Find Apple Most-Tasty Target)
By John P. Mello Jr.10/07/14 5:00 AM PT
Follow the money" isn't just the war cry of journalistic bloodhounds hot on the trail of political corruption. It's the mantra of Web predators, too. That's why PayPal consistently has been the top brand targeted by phishers -- although that appears to have changed.
Apple now has the dubious distinction of most-phished brand, according to the latest report from the Anti-Phishing Work Group.
For the first half of this year, 17.7 percent of all phishing attacks were aimed at Apple -- a first for the brand -- followed by PayPal (14.4 percent) and Chinese shopping site Taobao.com (13.2 percent), the APWG reported.
Have phishers suddenly become more interested in stocking their music libraries from iTunes than siphoning money from PayPal? Not quite.
"We're seeing a lot of account takeover types of stuff, and your Apple ID is tied into everything," report coauthor Rod Rasmussen told TechNewsWorld.
TechNewsWorld/ Article/ http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81157.html
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