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Hackers launch Apple ID phishing campaign playing on iCloud security worries

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<p>The hackers behind the Kelihos botnet are trying to capitalize on users’ increased awareness about the security of Apple online accounts through a new phishing campaign.</p><p>According to security researchers from Symantec, the Kelihos botnet has started sending spam emails that purport to be security alerts from Apple informing recipients that a purchase was made using their Apple ID from the iTunes Store. Apple IDs are the accounts that customers use to access Apple’s online services.</p><p>The rogue emails bear the subject “Pending Authorisation Notification” and claim that the purchase was made from a computer or a device not previously linked to the user’s Apple ID, the Symantec researchers said Friday in a blog post (http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/apple-ids-targeted-kelihos-botnet-phishing-campaign). The emails list an IP (Internet Protocol) address from where the purchase was allegedly initiated and a corresponding physical location of Volgograd, Russia, they said.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2604060/hackers-launch-apple-id-phishing-campaign-playing-on-icloud-security-worries.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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