A fake Apple email about app-specific passwords claims a $2,990 PayPal charge and urges recipients to call a support number, but it is a phishing scam.
A new phishing scam is using real Apple Support tickets to try and trick iPhone and Mac users into handing over their personal accounts. According to a story detailed in a post on Medium, Broadcom's ...
“Don’t call the number or follow the links,” Apple says. And to protect your Apple account, “always keep your contact information secure and up to date, and never share your Apple Account password or ...
Apple’s security reputation is being tested by a new wave of account hijacking scams that look, at first glance, like legitimate support alerts. Criminals are piggybacking on real Apple system ...
Did you recently receive an "approval notice" text from Apple informing you about a charge? Here's why it's a scam and what to do.
Video above: News and weather headlines for Sept. 2The Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a scam. According to the sheriff’s office, it has received reports of citizens ...
“This was brilliant psychological manipulation. Eric Moret, a product manager at Broadcom Software in Silicon Valley, thought he knew better. But as he explained firsthand in an article published on ...
A few weeks ago, I received a random text, seemingly from Apple, that said my Apple ID had been compromised and there were new charges on my account. The text included a convenient link to log in and ...
(WJAR) — Tech support scams are impacting older Americans at a staggering rate. According to the Federal Trade Commission, tech support scams target people 60 and older about five times more often ...
WXIN/WTTV – Scammers are posing as “Apple iCloud investigators” in one of the latest scams hitting your phone. It works like this: you get a call from someone claiming to be from Apple saying you have ...
Most Apple customers have learned to be cautious about messages claiming to come from the company’s support services. It’s vital to check URLs and email addresses for small discrepancies, scan the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. You have been warned. This threat is now surging and has more than ...