Saturday, October 9

Phishing Attack Targets iTunes

  New Phishing Attack Targets Apple iTunes, Security Firm Says
Published October 05, 2010 | FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/05/phishing-attack-targets-itunes-pandalabs/
Got iTunes? Be careful, you might get iScammed too.  A new cyberscam has been targeting the tens of millions of users of Apple's iTunes music service, as crooks phish for confidential bank information.  According to security analysis firm PandaLabs, a cleverly crafted e-mail is landing in e-mail in-boxes, informing people that they have made an expensive purchase on iTunes. The concerned user quickly tries to resolve the problem by clicking on a link in the e-mail -- which is always a mistake, though an easy one to make.  After clicking the link the user is asked to download a fake PDF reader, which redirects the user to infected Web pages (mostly Russian) containing Trojans among other malware that steal the user's personal details...
 

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