Apple Calendar Scam Vulnerability is Back

[mi7chy]

Apple patched this a while back but it's back on our iPhones. Can Apple fix this once and for all? Or, do we have to switch to Google Calendar?

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2021/05/iphone-calendar-spam-attacks-on-the-rise/

 

[TiggrToo]

Or, don’t click on random links from dialogs littered with horribly bad grammar.

This is hardly the end of the world, your obvious dislike for Apple notwithstanding…

 

[JonaM]

I think the original point is quite valid that this used to be blocked at the server-side without user interaction and is now suddenly working so people are getting calendar pop-ups

 

[TiggrToo]

I think the original point is quite valid that this used to be blocked at the server-side without user interaction and is now suddenly working so people are getting calendar pop-ups

Did you read the attached article from MalwareBytes?

This doesn’t happen in a vacuum - the user has to have some level of proactive engagement with a malicious app or website first.

 

[LFC2020]

You’re using it wrong.