Scareware scammers target iOS users

  • 28 March 2017
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Zeljka Zorz - March 28, 2017
 
A bug in the way that Mobile Safari handles pop-up dialogs has been abused to scare iOS users into paying a “fine” in the form of an iTunes pre-paid card.
 
                                 


 

The iOS scareware scam

 
“This attack was initially reported to Lookout’s Support desk by one of our users running iOS 10.2. The user reported that he had lost control of Safari after visiting a website and was no longer able to use the browser,” Lookout researchers explained.
 
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Scammers are scammers.

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