If you're an Apple user and I spoof your phone number in a call to the legitimate Apple Customer Support line (800-275-2273), I can force Apple to send you a system level "Apple Account Confirmation" prompt to all of your signed-in devices.
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A lot people stop reading these stories when they realize that most of the targets are cryptocurrency holders. But the truth is these voice phishing techniques would be even more successful on lower-stakes, run-of-the-mill user accounts. It just so happens that phishing crypto users is way more lucrative.
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@gh0sti @briankrebs They don’t have access to any iCloud e2e data unless they phish the iPhone passcode as well
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@joeturner I am shocked, shocked, that an ad company doesn't like VPNs. /s Will investigate. Thanks.
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kurtseifried (he/him)replied to BrianKrebs last edited by
@briankrebs do they at least rate limit it, eg once in a while? One a day? One an hour?
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One can imagine how much worse this could get if Meta gets the access to Apple data they are seeking.
Meta seeking unfettered access to iPhone user data via EU DMA interoperability requests
On its face, the EU DMA is meant to stop monopolies from abusing their market position, but Meta appears to be abusing this legislation in an attempt to gather unprecedented access to iPhone user data.
AppleInsider (appleinsider.com)
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@briankrebs I’ve opted out of every possible search service that I can, including the white pages. The only calls I get are from Florida asking me if I want to sell my house.
I don’t live in Florida and I don’t own a house there.
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@briankrebs was showing this to my wife and she said this happened to a friend of hers who definitely has nothing to do with crypto
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@scotts Is she famous or semi-famous for some reason? it seems like some of these voice phishing groups go after celebrities, in addition to bitcoin.
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@briankrebs no i believe she’s the school teacher friend