Scammers Target Apple Users Through Windows

Given its limited market share, Apple users have been somewhat insulated against malware. While this is starting to change, this week, hackers found a roundabout way to exploit Apple by targeting iPad owners who use PCs. The scammers blasted e-mails with the subject line, “iPad Software Update." The e-mail instructed new iPad users to click on a link and install an iTunes update. Those who followed these instructions on a Windows PC, of course, didn’t actually get an update. Instead, they got malware that inserted itself into the “explorer.exe” process and opened the system’s back door, making it possible for hackers to take control of the system. 

In some ways, hackers have become remarkably predictable. As we previously noted, they piggy back on larger trends, chasing those who are, perhaps, swept in the flow of events and mistakenly overlook some malware red flags. As InformationWeek points out about the iPad scam, “the text isn't so poorly written as to be farcical. Even so, the use of the passive voice in the first sentence and the awkward wording suggests that the note's author doesn't work as a marketing professional at Apple or anywhere else.”

But eager new iPad owners might be so elated by the sleek device – and ensuring it is optimally compatible with their PC – that they might skim right through the e-mail, failing to notice passive sentence structure or awkward word choices. In fact, this is precisely what the hackers have built their strategy on.

Apple sold 300,000 iPads on the day the device launched and this figure is only rising – making the iPad a prime target for cyber criminals. But, so far, these hackers are spreading malware through their comfort zone – Windows.

Please pass this information along to members of your community, especially new iPad owners.  And remember to download Immunet’s free, lightweight AntiVirius product to better protect your PC. 

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