During the first eight months of 2020, Kaspersky
experts saw a steady interest from cybercriminals in
targeting Apple users: over 100 suspicious domains with the
word “apple” in their names associated with the technology company were
detected worldwide. However, in September 2020 the number of such
resources increased rapidly and by September 9th there was already
more than 700 such domain names. However, in reality, the number may be even
higher.
According to the analyses of the suspicious domain
names, some of the resources were supposedly offering users the ability to find
a lost phone, others were offering assistance in restoring access to an Apple
account and there were also websites imitating Apple support service. Most likely,
these resources are designed to steal Apple account credentials. Usually they
don’t even work fully, but only have a cover page – and once the website is
blocked, another one gets activated.
“We urge users to be careful: be skeptical about
any news or extremely generous offers and promotions, check messages in
reliable sources, do not follow links from suspicious emails or
in messengers and social networks, check the authenticity of websites and
install a reliable security solution with actual databases of spam and
phishing,” comments Tatiana Sidorina, a leading content analyst
at Kaspersky.
