Who Got Hacked This Week? October 13 Edition

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Who Got Hacked This Week? October 13 Edition, slide 4

Phishing Attack Can Steal Apple ID Password

Felix Krause, an iOS developer and founder of Fastlane.Tools, demonstrated an almost impossible to detect phishing attack that explains how a malicious iOS app can steal your Apple ID password to get access to your iCloud account and data.

According to an alarming blog post published on Tuesday by Krause, an iOS app can just use “UIAlertController” to display fake dialog boxes to users, mimicking the look and feel of Apple’s official system dialogue.

Hence, this makes it easier for an attacker to convince users into giving away their Apple ID passwords without any degree of suspicion.

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