On Tuesday morning Apple revealed that some of its computers had been infiltrated, perhaps by the same Chinese hackers who had also attacked Facebook, in what Reuters described as the "widest known cyber attacks targeting Apple computers used by...
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Phishers appear to have concentrated their fire on a relatively new target: Apple IDs.
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April 30, 3:27 PM
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security/?tag=Phishing
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Les pirates informatiques s'en donnent à coeur joie pendant les fêtes. Depuis le jour de Noël, une campagne de phishing cible les utilisateurs d'ordinateurs fabriqués par Apple. Son but : dérober des données bancaires....
Si une personne clique sur ce lien, elle sera dirigée vers un site Internet très convaincant : d'abord, une page de connexion, demandant de saisir ses identifiants (Apple ID et mot de passe).
Puis, le visiteur est transféré sur une page lui demandant de mettre son "profil" à jour, notamment en indiquant ses informations bancaires (numéro de carte, etc.). Encore une fois, la page en question est très crédible. Delete the scoop?
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An email purportedly sent by Apple and offering to long term customers the possibility of buying a gift card worth a 100 Australian dollars for the price of 9 has been targeting Australian Apple devotees, warns Hoax-Slayer.
Dear Apple Customer, Apple is rewarding its long-term customers," states the email, then continues:
Your loyalty for our products made you eligible for buying an Apple Discount Card. With this only 9 AU$ Discount Card you will have 100 AU$ credit at any Australian Apple Store or on [Link] To acquire your Apple Discount Card please click here [Link]
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Needless to say, if you own a Mac computer, you should probably go download that update right about now.