iPhone users across Britain are advised to remain vigilant against ongoing phishing attacks. These scams encourage victims to click on links that falsely claim to boost iCloud storage, but actually lead to password theft.
The UK’s National Fraud and Cyber Reporting Centre, known as Action Fraud, has reported nearly 1,639 complaints related to this campaign, with victims experiencing data theft and fraud.
If we dig deep into the campaign, cyber criminals are sending emails via Gmail, Apple Mail and Outlook- asking victims to click on a link that increases their decreasing storage capacities of iCloud- all as a part of loyalty program, thus rewarding an additional 50GB just with the click of the button.
Concernedly, they also ask the victim to enter financial details like card info to deduct the required amount and this is where the hackers steal the details and use them for their personal requirements.
Action Fraud, the UK’s National Fraud Reporting Centre for Fraud and Cyber Crime emphasize that the attack doesn’t end over here, but additionally makes the victim download malware payloads, thus ending up in a malware spread campaign, along with phishing.
So, all the Apple account users of iPhone, Macbook, or iPad are being urged not to click on any links that are sent by unknown senders. And if they get across any such message by any chance, they are being asked to forward the same message to report dot phishing dot gov dot uk.
To those uninterested in going through a detailed procedure, you can also report the incident without registering or creating any sort of account on the website.
However, creating an account makes complete sense as you can see updates about the action in relation to the fraud, additionally add any info to the report, get updates via email or sms and in case if required, the teams can stay in touch with you, just to keep you in loop.
Finally, stay safe and protect your information!
