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Phishing and Malware Emails Posing as Apple and the iPhone 5 Launch
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I grabbed my iPhone as soon as I read this and typed in "frickin" just to see if it autocorrected to "friction"
I feel your pain man. It gets me too.
It DID seem pretty weird (and why only the last 4?), but stranger things have happened!
Why wouldn't MacRumors post this?
This info could prevent users from falling for the scam. This attack targets anybody that uses iTunes regardless of OS. The linked malware is for Windows.
To those decrying how obvious the first one is - yes, that one is blatantly obvious to most people.
But look at the second one. Many phishing attempts are *NOT* as obvious as the first one. And some are apparently wandering around that look EXACTLY like a legitimate Apple email.
But look at the second one. Many phishing attempts are *NOT* as obvious as the first one. And some are apparently wandering around that look EXACTLY like a legitimate Apple email.
Oh wow, I actually got that adobe one a few days ago. I thought it was weird that the text was red, and that apple had sent out an email about an adobe product. It's a good thing I had no interest in that at all and deleted it.
I feel left out having not been sent one 
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From where I'm sitting the iPhone 5 one easily looks fake, but the Adobe one is a good bit more convincing.
.From where I'm sitting the iPhone 5 one easily looks fake, but the Adobe one is a good bit more convincing.
WOW...assuming the below people are not joking/being sarcastic...
That will do nothing. This is a fishing email. The goal is to take you to a legit looking link and have you enter your details again.
Um...ATT has had MMS for a long time now.
This isn't viruses or malware, its a fishing scheme and anyone with an email address is susceptible.
That will do nothing. This is a fishing email. The goal is to take you to a legit looking link and have you enter your details again.
"MMS support from AT&T coming in late summer"
When will AT&T get their act together!?
Um...ATT has had MMS for a long time now.
... viruses and malware eh?
Oh wait--I'm on a mac
This isn't viruses or malware, its a fishing scheme and anyone with an email address is susceptible.
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; U; CPU OS 4_2 like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C134b Safari/6533.18.5)
I doubt my "reputation" in tech or as a Mac user is something I'd bother caring about.
markieg said:
I doubt my "reputation" in tech or as a Mac user is something I'd bother caring about.
comon guys...to most average consumers...they cannot spot the difference. we can only tell its fake because we are apple nerds lmao. the adobe one is pretty convincing.
I actually got that one, but the red numbers just looked out of place. Then of course it was in my Junk folder which seemed weird, and then I noticed the sender is something that ends with live.com... lol!
But I can imagine people falling for this. Not everyone knows Apple's graphic design standards. Imagine an elderly person who barely understands what the internet is, they could easily fall for this. So saying "you must be stupid to fall for this" isn't very smart. And it only takes a couple of victims for the phisher to be able to make enough money, for free.
The only thing the second email would do for me... is make me search for a scene release of the Adobe programs
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; U; CPU OS 4_2 like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C134b Safari/6533.18.5)
Phishing scams aren't malware. They're just scams.
coder12 said:... viruses and malware eh?
Oh wait--I'm on a mac
Phishing scams aren't malware. They're just scams.
I don't really understand how the first one could trick anyone. You only need a very basic understanding of physics. The only way they could have made it more blatant is to say it includes a kitchen sink. I think that is why they have a piece of malware in the learn more link as well as the usual phishing tactic.
The second one is a bit harder to pick up on from a design stand point alone (many ads look that garish with the red text and whatnot, not Apple ads but ads nevertheless).
The second one is a bit harder to pick up on from a design stand point alone (many ads look that garish with the red text and whatnot, not Apple ads but ads nevertheless).
Ya I got the Adobe deals that looks like it was from Apple.
It was an above average attempt... for Dirty Scum
It was an above average attempt... for Dirty Scum
I was sent the Adobe email. I thought it was a weird color scheme for Apple. Normally their emails and correspondences are appealing to the eye. I did not like this particular email. Of course it didn't make sense that Apple would email out about an Adobe product. The only reason I opened it was because I thought it was Final Cut or Logic Pro email.
Aren't people tired of this yet? Just go pick up a macbook pro to go with that iphone and be done with this nonsense already.
As for the apple email, OS X's mail app highlights mail from Apple in blue as a default rule. Are these emails activating that rule and highlighting it blue?
Well it's official, macs have become popular! I prefer the old world when scammers etc did not know what a mac was.... Sadly people who left PCs are going to get stung, due to apple marketing ( I'm a PC / mac ) for so long, people think they are safe.
Now for all you guys going on about that people who fall for this , deserve it cause it's soooo fake. Sorry but grow up! These emails are quite good to be honest , and people will for them. Sure you can be smug all you like that you can pick it as a fake etc... But go spend a day in the Apple store, then you might realise how bad this might play out on the average punter who ditched PCs to get away from it.
Time to pull the heads out of the sand and accept that Apple products are going to be targeted now that apple is growing at a huge rate. Time to ditch the macs are safe stereotype and proactively educate the users.
Now for all you guys going on about that people who fall for this , deserve it cause it's soooo fake. Sorry but grow up! These emails are quite good to be honest , and people will for them. Sure you can be smug all you like that you can pick it as a fake etc... But go spend a day in the Apple store, then you might realise how bad this might play out on the average punter who ditched PCs to get away from it.
Time to pull the heads out of the sand and accept that Apple products are going to be targeted now that apple is growing at a huge rate. Time to ditch the macs are safe stereotype and proactively educate the users.
I got that Adobe email in Gmail. What tipped me off were the links when I hovered over them. In the status bar in Safari and Chrome, they were linking to some weird site and not http://apple.com
I promptly reported it as spam and now checking my spam folder I see the more similar phishing emails. I guess the good 'ol Google added them to their spam list.
I promptly reported it as spam and now checking my spam folder I see the more similar phishing emails. I guess the good 'ol Google added them to their spam list.
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; U; CPU OS 4_2 like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C134b Safari/6533.18.5)
Zzzz ....
Phishing is nothing new, and e-mails scams directed at Mac users are nothing new either.
Where's all the malware we've been promised every single year for the last decade? But NOW macs are popular. It'll be THIS year. They promise. Really. Honest.
Rinse, repeat. Each year.
MH01 said:
Zzzz ....
Phishing is nothing new, and e-mails scams directed at Mac users are nothing new either.
Where's all the malware we've been promised every single year for the last decade? But NOW macs are popular. It'll be THIS year. They promise. Really. Honest.
Rinse, repeat. Each year.
Aye carumba! I know this wasn't really clear in my post but i was speaking in more general terms of not leaving CC details with any company online as general precaution. Hence my ref of the PSN saga (other companies have been hacked recently too). I know it's a phishing email...i'm not the smartest person out there but i'm also not an idiot.
Personally I think things like this make up a terrific IQ test for the Internet. If you're dumb enough to fall for these type of things, you deserved to get scammed at least once. Then hopefully after the first time you're smarter with what you click on.