Last week Apple held its annual event introducing the new iPhone 12 lineup. As year-to-year shows, not only Apple users are interested in these events, but also scammers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the first nine months of 2020, Kaspersky has seen that scammers are consistently interested in Apple users and their accounts. For instance, every month, the company\u2019s researchers have found about 100 suspicious domains around the world mentioning \u201cApple\u201d as a company. Most of these websites require users to enter their Apple ID and password. The number of such resources increased rapidly in September and, by the end of the month, there were already 1,950 domains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having analyzed the names of these resources, Kaspersky\u2019s experts now know that some of them are offering to find lost phones, while others offer help in restoring access to users\u2019 accounts. There are also phishing sites that mimic Apple\u2019s support services. It is most likely that these resources were created with the aim of stealing users\u2019 accounts. However, they did not work properly and were only a \u2018stub\u2019 piece of software. Scammers like to use these pages as a precaution so when one resource is blocked, they can activate another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kaspersky\u2019s security expert Tatyana Sidorina is calling on Apple users to be more careful and says: \u201cThis resurgence of scammers\u2019 interest in Apple services shows that they would happily benefit from anything that attracts users\u2019 attention. The launch of the new iPhone might be a perfect opportunity for scammers to spread malicious features.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In order to avoid falling victim to a scam, Kaspersky also advises users:
\u2022 To be skeptical about any news or extremely generous offers and promotions
\u2022 To verify that messages are coming from reliable sources
\u2022 Not to follow links from suspicious emails or messages in instant messengers and social networks
\u2022 To check the authenticity of websites they visit
\u2022 To install a security solution with up-to-date databases that include knowledge of the latest phishing and spam resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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