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A New Amazon Phishing Scam, Malvertizing, and Apple Activation Lock Removal

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A new Amazon phishing scam doesn't include links to click, but rather a telephone number to call: beware! Malvertizing takes advantage of a zero-day WebKit vulnerability to display deceptive ads, and serve malware. And Apple has set up a website for people to request the removal of activation lock on devices they own.

Show Notes:

  • Fraudulent Website Warning gets privacy boost in iOS 14.5
  • Hash function (Wikipedia)
  • Apple fixes bug that let users begin macOS Big Sur installation without enough space available
  • Apple iBook Commercial circa 2000 (YouTube)
  • Malvertiser abused WebKit zero-day to redirect iOS & macOS users to shady sites
  • Spy pixels in emails have become endemic
  • Gmail will now display images by default (2013)
  • Apple Launches Self-Serve Portal for Initiating Activation Lock Removal Requests
  • Microsoft to add 'Kids Mode' to Chromium-based Edge browser

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