“Apple users should be on high alert after a fresh SMS phishing scam was exposed that uses sophisticated online trickery in an attempt to compromise Apple ID credentials,” Jason Murdock reports for International Business Times. “Commenters on social media first reported the issue in early April after receiving a suspicious text message that read: ‘The Apple ID associated with this number is due to be terminated. To prevent this, please confirm your details at supportatapple.com – Apple Inc.'”
“If a user clicked the embedded link they would be sent straight to a replica website that has been created to mirror the real Apple login page,” Murdock reports. “However, as security-conscious web users would quickly notice, the URL for the page is appleexpired.co.uk and, upon inspection, is not an official link.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Let’s be careful out there.