This is something that has been common among users of Apple products and in general for all those who use email. Phishing attacks are nothing new on the web, But in recent days it seems that the attempt to impersonate companies to take our personal data, such as passwords, etc., is picking up.
A few hours ago own Telefónica, Santander bank or even Apple itself the objectives of this type of attack on users are being the objective that allows us to obtain the data if we are not attentive or do not realize that it is not a real email from the firm.
Some old tips
The first thing to be sure is that we have subscribed to a service, contracted something or bought a product, application, etc. This which seems so obvious is essential to know if we are suffering a phishing attack on our email. If we have not contracted anything and we receive an email confirming service, purchase or similar, You have to be careful.
Details are often paramount In these cases and before clicking on any link that appears in the received email we have to read the entire letter carefully, look at the complete URL and above all be attentive to the recommendations that are shown in the companies themselves about phishing, in the Apple case have a section to see the details and difference to know if we are victims of an attack of this type, you can find all the details here.
Contracted services that ask for your Apple ID data, the CCV of your credit or debit card to cancel the subscription or similar, the social security numbers, etc., have all the numbers to be perfect targets for these phishing attacks. We repeat that this is not something exclusive to Apple and we have to be careful when we have to add compromised data in an online document or similar.