Criminals sent victims fake messages or emails purportedly from Hongkong Post asking for credit card details to cover a mailing fee, police say. The information was then used to make online purchases, with one man cheated out of HK$75,000. SCMP
Scammers have cheated more than 100 Hongkongers out of HK$2.2mil (RM1.17mil) since November through phishing text messages and emails purporting to be from Hongkong Post, while demand for delivery services during the coronavirus pandemic surged.
Many of the fake messages told victims they had a parcel delivery pending but the recipient address was incomplete, according to the police’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau. Scammers then directed victims to a controlled website and asked for a postal fee of a few dollars.
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The company emits emergency updates to fix bugs affecting devices ranging from iPhones to Apple Watches
Apple has rolled out an update for its iOS and iPadOS operating systems to patch three zero-day security flaws that are being actively exploited in the wild. The trio of flaws affects various versions of iPhones and iPads and the latest generation of iPod touch.
“Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited,” reads Apple’s security advisory describing each security hole that is being plugged with the release of iOS and iPadOS 14.4.
The list of impacted devices includes iPhone 6s and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and the 7