New Phishing Scam Targets Apple Users, Says Kaspersky

[RaduTyrsina]

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Reputed security firm Kaspersky is warning Apple users of a potential new phishing scam attack. According to Kaspersky expert Tatyana Shcherbakova, who made the information public in a blog post, the scam appears to target the banking information of prospective victims. We are daily being attacked by various malware, adware and all sorts of viruses, but some of the most dangerous are the phishing attack which try to obtain the victim’s credit card details. Shcherbakova detailed:

In January we detected a phishing mailing that was sent on behalf of Apple. The messages contained an offer to purchase a card giving a discount of 150 euros in any European AppStore for only 9 euros. The senders also underlined that only valued customers were eligible to receive the card. To place an order for the card, Apple fans had to open an attached HTML page and fill in all the fields, such as information about the user’s bank card, including the three-digit security code stated on the reverse of the card.

Those who are acquainted with Apple’s way of doing business and especially their approach towards discounts, will know that Cupertino won’t come up with such a big discount. So, most of the folks will just flag the email as spam and that’ll be about it. However, those who fall for the scam will be required to give in valuable personal information such as their bank card, even including the three-digit security code stated on the reverse.

After the information would have been inputted, the scammers allegedly promised to send a discount card via email within 24 hours. As you can see in the above screenshot, in the “from†field, we see the [email protected] email adress, which seems quite legit, being given the fact that it bears the apple.com domain. This is a cunning trick used by fraudster, so make sure to inform others about it, as well.

Source: iPhoneForums

 

[Ser Aphim]

Wow. I noticed how frequent problems that come out for apple.