There are new variants of “digital fraud” common on the Internet. Recently, iPhone poisoning detection fraud has appeared on YouTube, the world’s largest audio and video platform. This type of fraud ad is mostly based on the grounds that “your iPhone has been infected with viruses or Trojans, click here to remove it immediately.” It wants to induce users to download VPNs or other system garbage cleaning tools. Most of them are to intimidate iPhone users to deal with the poisoning as soon as possible, otherwise the information may be damaged.
iPhone poisoning warning trap first appears in YouTube ads
In the past, most of this type of iPhone poisoning warning fraud ads only appeared on illegal or unknown websites, but the latest case actually occurred on YouTube. Some netizens discovered that the advertisements interspersed with YouTube videos actually showed “Your iPhone has been seriously damaged (247) virus! We have detected that your iPhone is infected with viruses. If not processed immediately, the SIM card, information, photos and contacts will face the risk of damage.” Digital fraud warning prompts.
This is more special. This type is not just like the one presented in a general bounce window before, but uses a prompt screen that imitates TCC (permission request) to induce iPhone users who are unprepared and alert to trick them into downloading and installing an iPhone system garbage cleaning app with unknown sources.
Perhaps many people generally believe that this type of iPhone poisoning and digital intimidation fraud should be difficult to succeed, but in fact, there are still many victims.
“Mr. Crazy” also further investigated and found that the iPhone Cleanup App was launched by a newly established Chinese company. The privacy policy is rough and broad, and is suspected to be generated by AI. The application has ranked 50th in the productivity ranking list, indicating that there are many users who are induced to download iPhones.
Remind iPhone poisoning warnings are all fake
Vice President of Threat Intelligence, Infoblox Renée Burton Last week, he also shared screenshots of the ad on LinkedIn and said that the content of the iPhone poisoning scam was surprising to have passed YouTube security review.
According to Google’s data, elderly people over 65 have become the fastest growing user group on YouTube. The number of YouTube viewing hours for adults over 55 has doubled, and the growth rate is even far beyond that of other age groups. Some security experts also remind that cybercrime groups are locked in older groups, and the current fraud methods are becoming more diverse.
Security experts call on the public to be alert when accessing sensitive information such as photo albums and contacts on iPhone authorized apps. Even if the app has passed the Apple App Store review, it does not mean that it is 100% safe. Apple also finds it difficult to fully understand how the developer’s background handles user information. Do not believe it easily. Click to download the unknown source and claim to be anti-virus or anti-virus app tools. At present, there is no so-called real anti-virus software that can kill viruses.
Do you want to confirm that the iPhone is really poisoned? For details, please refer to the “iPhone Poison Detection Guide! How to identify symptoms of iPhone poisoning, Trojan program removal and anti-hazard skills.
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