Phishing Attacks Target iCloud Users Following Celebrity Photo Breach

By Jeff Goldman  |  Posted September 11, 2014
 
Symantec researchers warn that the Kelihos botnet is now being used to send spam emails specifically targeting Apple customers, following last week's exposure of several celebrities' personal photos taken from their iCloud accounts.
"Symantec has observed Kelihos (also known as Waledac) being used to send spam emails purporting to be from Apple, informing the victim that a purchase has been made using their account on the iTunes store," the researchers noted in a blog post.
The spam emails, which come from a spoofed apple.com address, contain the subject line "Pending Authorisation Notification," and claim that the recipient's iTunes account has been used to purchase the film "Lane Splitter" on an IP address located in Volgograd, Russia.
 
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