Urgent iPhone warning over new bank raiding text that turns off important protection feature
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CYBERCRIMINALS have reportedly found a texting trick to evade an iPhones built-in phishing protection feature. Fortunately, there's an easy way consumers can remain safe from attacks. Apple's Filter Unknown Senders tool is built into iMessage. It automatically disables links in texts received from unknown senders - be it an email address or phone number.
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But during a spike in SMS-based phishing scams, cybercriminals have been seen luring victims into replying to a text by asking users to reply with "Y," BleepingComputer reported. "Please reply Y, then exit the text message, reopen the text message activation link, or copy the link to Safari browser to open it," one phishing text, seen by BleepingComputer, read.
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Apple told the outlet that if a user replies to a scam message, or adds the sender to their contact list, then the links will be clickable. Cyber crooks rely on links to steal personal information and financial details, or even install malware onto your device.
The tactic has been used increasingly over the past year. It is similar to the common "reply STOP" or "reply NO" that often appears at the end of messages from businesses or services. Scammers might be hoping that this familiar act will lead the recipient to reply to the text and enable them to tap the link.
