Coventry Trading Standards is again warning Apple Store users to be aware of phishing emails attempting to steal Attack.Databreach your Apple ID log in details as well as personal and financial information . A Westwood resident reported receiving Attack.Phishing an authentic looking email ‘ invoice ’ from the Apple Store in regards to an order that was placed . At the end of the email , there is a link to ‘ View Your Order ’ . If you click on this link , you will no doubt be taken to Attack.Phishing a fake server and a page asking you to provide personal information , including full credit/debit card details . Criminals can then steal Attack.Databreach any information that you supply and use it to hijack your Apple account , commit credit card fraud in your name , and attempt to steal your identity . The Apple Store will never ask you to provide personal details ( such as passwords or credit card numbers ) via email . If you do have a genuine Apple account , you can check it with Apple directly , but do not use any links in the email . Just type the site 's address into your browser . If you receive what you think is a phishing email claiming to be Attack.Phishing from Apple you can forward it to them . Full details are available on the Apple website .

A local resident has reported receiving Attack.Phishing an email claiming to be Attack.Phishing from HMRC that claims that the agency has recalculated their last fiscal activity and determined that they are eligible to receive a tax refund of £684.97 . Similar to the above warning , the fake HMRC email advises Attack.Phishing that you have to click on a link to complete and submit the refund form . This will take you to a fraudulent website that asks you to supply your name , address , and contact details along with other identifying information . The fake HMRC site also asks you to supply your credit card numbers . Supposedly , all of this information is required to allow the processing of your refund claim . In reality , the information you supply will be collected Attack.Databreach by scammers and used to commit fraud and steal your identity . If you have received Attack.Phishing an HMRC related phishing/bogus email , please forward it to : phishing @ hmrc.gsi.gov.uk and then delete it . Do not visit the website contained within the email or disclose any personal or payment information . Our advice is to delete this or any other similar messages .

Last month , Microsoft Patch Tuesday addressed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability 60 vulnerabilities that also included two zero-day flaws . This month also , the tech giant released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a huge patch update to mitigate Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability various flaws in its products . The Microsoft September patch fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability around 61 different vulnerabilities . The patch bundle also included a fix for the recently discovered APLC zero-day vulnerability that has already created trouble . Recently , a zero-day vulnerability disclosed Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability on Twitter has created a lot of chaos as it was immediately exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability in a malware campaign . The APLC zero-day flaw gained attention after a Twitter user with the alias SandboxEscaper disclosed Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability it in a tweet . Later , a CERT/CC researcher verified Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the bug . This vulnerability in the Windows Task Scheduler allowed an attacker to gain System-level access . As promised at that time by the firm , the Microsoft September patch has addressed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability this Advanced Local Procedure Call ( ALPC ) flaw . As disclosed Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability in their advisory , Microsoft acknowledged Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the exploitation of this vulnerability ( CVE-2018-8440 ) . Explaining the details about the bug and the patch released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability , Microsoft states , “ To exploit this vulnerability , an attacker would first have to log on to the system . An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control over an affected system . The update addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles calls to ALPC. ” Besides the single APLC zero-day flaw , Microsoft also patched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability 61 other flaws in various products , including 17 critical vulnerabilities . The affected software receiving Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the bug fixes include Microsoft Windows , Microsoft Edge , ChakraCore , Microsoft Office and Web Apps , Microsoft.Data.OData , Internet Explorer , ASP.NET and the .NET Framework . In addition , the Microsoft September patch also addressed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a flaw in the Adobe Flash Player ( CVE-2018-15967 ) . Although Adobe also released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a fix for this vulnerability along with other fixes released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability this week in the September Update pack .

When it comes to phishing scams Attack.Phishing , the general concept is that cyber criminals will only send Attack.Phishing a link to trick Attack.Phishing users into logging in with their social media or email credentials . But since that is an old school trick , the malicious threat actors are aiming at much more than your Facebook or Gmail password . Recently , we discovered a sophisticated phishing campaign Attack.Phishing targeting Apple users . The aim of this attack Attack.Databreach is to steal Attack.Databreach their Apple ID , credit card data , a government issued ID card , and or passport . That ’ s not all , the scam also asks users to provide it with access to their device webcam to take their snap for verification purposes . It all starts with users receiving Attack.Phishing an email in which the sender poses as Attack.Phishing one of the officials from Apple Inc . The email alerts the user that their iCloud account is on hold because of an unusual sign in activity through an unknown browser and in case they didn ’ t log in from the device mentioned in the email they need to click on a link to change the password . Those who understand how phishing scams Attack.Phishing work will know how to ignore it , but unsuspecting users may fall for it and be tricked Attack.Phishing into clicking the link and giving away their personal and financial information . Upon clicking the link users are taken Attack.Phishing to the phishing page which looks exactly like Attack.Phishing the official Apple ID login page . The users then are then asked to enter their Apple ID and its password to proceed . Once the users are logged in , they are taken to another page which asks users for their credit card details including cardholder name , card number , expiration date , CVV code and ED secure password . Upon giving this info , the users are asked to click the next tab . Remember by now the scammers have got your Apple ID login credentials and credit card information . Because criminals will remain criminals , the more you feed them the more they will ask for . Once the “ next ” tab is clicked , users are invited to enter their personal information including full name , date of birth , country , state , city , address , Zip code and phone number . This is done to use user information for further scams like identity theft and social engineering frauds . Once your personal information is handed over to the criminals , the page asks users to click the “ finish ” tab , but they aren ’ t done yet . Upon clicking the Finish tab users are taken to another page asking them to upload their password , a government issued identity card or the driver license – both sides . The users can click skip to avoid uploading their government issued documents but then they need to allow the website to access their device ’ s camera and microphone to take a snap of them . The users can also click the “ Skip ” tab , and the page will redirect them to the official Apple ID website . Good news is that Google Chrome has already detected the scam and marked the phishing domain as “ Deceptive. ” However , the bad news is that Firefox , Opera , and Safari browsers didn ’ t show any warning messages to their users therefore if you are using these browsers be vigilant .