By By: Alexandra Gheorghe Posted on 10/10/2014
http://www.hotforsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/apple_map-300x300.jpgApple was the most hijacked brand in the first half of 2014 with a total of 21,951 attacks, or 17.7 percent of all phishing attacks, according to a report by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).
PayPal came second with 17,811 attacks and Chinese shopping site Taobao was third, suffering 16,418 phishing assaults.
iPhones “can be used to lock a user out of their phone and ransom it back to them for money,” said Rod Rasmussen, CEO of Internet Identity, in an interview with TechNewsWorld. “There are lots of different attack vectors, which adds up to why Apple is being phished as heavily as it is”.
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