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Title: PSA: Latest iOS phishing scam tries to connect you to ‘AppleCare’ w/ a system dialog popup
Post by: HCK on August 01, 2018, 04:05:20 pm
PSA: Latest iOS phishing scam tries to connect you to ‘AppleCare’ w/ a system dialog popup

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/07/TSNXeMbAQFewbS5lJMxvXA_thumb_27e9.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1182)</div><p>Phishing attempts targeting Apple users are certainly nothing new (https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/10/psa-apple-id-phishing-attempt/), but a report today from ArsTechnica highlights the growing creativity that scammers are using. The report points to how a fake Apple website went as far as to pop-up a system dialog box prompting the user to call “AppleCare.”</p>
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