Clicked on phishing link on iPhone - help please!

[darksithpro]

It’s time of year old threads start popping up.

Threads go through cycles.

New iPhone fever in September. How to order, how to track, I got mine, did you get your’s threads.

Then come the open box, wow I love it, oh god I hate it threads.

Closely followed by series of “gate” threads. Apple doomed, android better threads.

Once this dies down and before rumors of next year’s iPhone begin in earnest very little to thread about so a bunch of old threads are rehashed. Why McRumers keeps em in storage.

By spring the rumors will be swarming the threads again. Leak threads will abound. This will continue and intensify till September to start anew the cycle.

Thread cycles do overlap and are augmented with threads about cases, accessories, chargers, ear phone, and some legitimate question from new users. With the occasional toilet drop thread. And the every present my battery when to 99% freak out threads.

So watch for the old threads coming back to life. It’s that time of the year.

Not quite sure if you copied and pasted, or did that on your own... But it's worth a thumbs up.

 

[HEK]

Not quite sure if you copied and pasted, or did that on your own... But it's worth a thumbs up.

Just observations made over last eight years of iPhone use and thread watching. What else to do when wind chill is -15F outside.

 

[darksithpro]

Just observations made over last eight years of iPhone use and thread watching. What else to do when wind chill is -15F outside.

Antarctica?

 

[HEK]

Antarctica?

Arctic cold blast coming south through the Midwest.

 

[koseth358]

Hi folks,

I have a similar question ...



I’m hoping you can help me. So I was looking at my personal e-mail on my iPhone and saw an email from “Microsoft” saying that someone tried to access my e-mail and they were going to de-activate my gmail account. Before I was aware that it was a scam, I clicked on the link that said activate my account. It asked for my e-mail … I gave that (ugh!) …. Then it asked for my password. Luckily at that point I thought twice and realized I shouldn’t do that. So I never gave my password.

But is it possible that I exposed myself to risk? Or am I safe since I never gave them my password. Do I need to re-do all of my usernames/passwords?
I really appreciate any guidance you can give me.

I appreciate your help!

 

[ghanwani]

Hi folks,

I have a similar question ...



I’m hoping you can help me. So I was looking at my personal e-mail on my iPhone and saw an email from “Microsoft” saying that someone tried to access my e-mail and they were going to de-activate my gmail account. Before I was aware that it was a scam, I clicked on the link that said activate my account. It asked for my e-mail … I gave that (ugh!) …. Then it asked for my password. Luckily at that point I thought twice and realized I shouldn’t do that. So I never gave my password.

But is it possible that I exposed myself to risk? Or am I safe since I never gave them my password. Do I need to re-do all of my usernames/passwords?
I really appreciate any guidance you can give me.

I appreciate your help!

If you didn't enter your password you should be fine.

 

[koseth358]

Thanks! Do you know if there is any risk I am exposed to? Is there malware that could be running on my phone that gets information behind the scenes? Or would they have needed my password for me to be vulnerable in anyway?

Thanks again.

 

[ghanwani]

Thanks! Do you know if there is any risk I am exposed to? Is there malware that could be running on my phone that gets information behind the scenes? Or would they have needed my password for me to be vulnerable in anyway?

Thanks again.

Any time you visit a bad website there’s risk but it’s relatively small assuming you are running the latest version of iOS and safari. But you can’t rule it out completely, see e.g.

Mysterious iOS Attack Changes Everything We Know About iPhone Hacking

For two years, a handful of websites have indiscriminately hacked thousands of iPhones.

www.wired.com

If you are paranoid, you can erase the phone and set up as new and that should take care of any issues.

 

[koseth358]

thanks!

 

[eel96]

hello!

i also have similar question.

i got an email saying that my apple id is being used and then i need to reactivated my account by following the link given.
i follow the link and i redirected into a web really looked like the apple web, and then it required me to input my apple id and password and stupid me, i inputted my id and also password.
after that i asked to input my personal info, i inputted my name, birthday and phone number and i clicked next, on the second page i asked to input my address, city, etc. and here i realized what if this is a scam so i closed the tab immediately.

but what i'm worried is that i have input my id and password. i have change my apple id password and also any other accounts i remember using the same password. what else should i do?
and is my name, birthday and phone number had already taken when i click next or it hadn't been input as i still in the second page of inputting my personal info?

is there any other things i have to do?

i really appreciated your help. thank you.

 

[ghanwani]

It’s more likely than not that they have all of the information that you typed.

Since you have already changed your password on all sites where the old one was used you should be OK moving forward. Enabling 2FA is a good idea.

Go with the assumption that all of the information you entered will at some point be available on the dark web.

 

[eel96]

It’s more likely than not that they have all of the information that you typed.

Since you have already changed your password on all sites where the old one was used you should be OK moving forward. Enabling 2FA is a good idea.

Go with the assumption that all of the information you entered will at some point be available on the dark web.

okay thank you for your reply.

but there’s no need for me to change my phone number right? Since i entered my phone number.

And for the information i entered, there’s nothing i can do right? Is it dangerous or at least i can stop worrying as long as nothing happen?

 

[ghanwani]

okay thank you for your reply.

but there’s no need for me to change my phone number right? Since i entered my phone number.

And for the information i entered, there’s nothing i can do right? Is it dangerous or at least i can stop worrying as long as nothing happen?

Changing the phone number is an interesting thought and would definitely provide an added level of security, but it's pretty disruptive. I don't know that I would care to do that.

A lot of online merchants have all of that info about customers (name, phone, email address, physical address), and my guess is many of them are getting hacked all the time without even knowing it.

Phone hacking is less common, but if someone can do that, and they have a lot of your personal info, they can probably go about resetting a lot of passwords. You can try and follow some of the advice here:

Cybersecurity 101: How to protect your cell phone number and why you should care | TechCrunch

Assuming you have your strong passwords in place and your two-factor authentication set up, you think your accounts are now safe? Think again. There's

techcrunch.com

 

[eel96]

Changing the phone number is an interesting thought and would definitely provide an added level of security, but it's pretty disruptive. I don't know that I would care to do that.

A lot of online merchants have all of that info about customers (name, phone, email address, physical address), and my guess is many of them are getting hacked all the time without even knowing it.

Phone hacking is less common, but if someone can do that, and they have a lot of your personal info, they can probably go about resetting a lot of passwords. You can try and follow some of the advice here:

Cybersecurity 101: How to protect your cell phone number and why you should care | TechCrunch

Assuming you have your strong passwords in place and your two-factor authentication set up, you think your accounts are now safe? Think again. There's

techcrunch.com

Alright then. Thank you so much for your help.