spear phishing getting worse

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spear phishing getting worse

It seems that I am now getting 2-3 spear phishing messages a day claiming to be from Apple.

Most have a PDF in a bid to conceal their phishing links, such links are a copy of Apple's logon pages. Tracing them seem to be all over the world from Indonesia to Africa. Web hosts are likely unaware of the illegal activity but in developing countries, resources are limited at best.

I sent such messages to spam, but they tend to evade most spam filters which suggests more work is needed to block such attempts.

Posted on Jan 20, 2019 1:10 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 20, 2019 1:48 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

My spam folder empties after 14 days and it seems to be flooded with spear phishing for Apple the most. Maybe because I use my phone a lot and spammers may have learned that from break-in at various corporations.

Hardly a day goes by where some corporation is cleaned out. Even the credit reporting agencies have been copied.

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KiltedTim

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Jan 20, 2019 1:15 PM in response to Vegan Advocate

What is your question?

This is nothing new. It's only going to get worse.

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Answer 3

Jan 20, 2019 1:21 PM in response to KiltedTim

I posted this to try to tell everyone to watchout, miscreants are stepping up their attacks big time

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Answer 4

Jan 20, 2019 1:44 PM in response to Vegan Advocate

It is getting worse, and not just for iPhones. And some of them now include your passwords obtained from hacked sites. Any that have any reference to Apple should be forwarded as an attachment to reportphishing@apple.com.

And for others who may come across this thread, see-->Avoid phishing emails, fake 'virus' alerts, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

And also this-->Identify legitimate emails from the App Store or iTunes Store - Apple Support

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