The Scary New iPhone Scam: HUGE Update!
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- The Scary New iPhone Scam - Update from Apple & How to Protect Yourself
The crazy 'MFA bombing' iPhone scam took over headlines last week. Here's an update on Apple's response, along with answers your burning questions/misconceptions. We will also reiterate the best way(s) to protect yourself from becoming a victim.
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Chapters:
0:00 Thankfully this video blew up
0:24 Apple’s response
0:45 This is NOT a software issue - clarification
2:16 Should you change email & password?
2:50 BUT, this is the weakest link
3:34 Consider this, but you likely don't need to
4:20 Would a Physical Key help?
4:50 What about Lockdown Mode?
5:11 This is the best form of defense
6:19 What’s the point?
7:04 Apple NEEDS to do this
7:34 Or this!
8:13 The Golden Rules to follow (never do this)
8:54 Is Apple not secure?
9:48 Don’t spread fear. Please!
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There has been a LOT of confusion on this scam. Hopefully this helps clarify the issue & precautions to take! 🔐
FYI the + on the e-mail address is a bad idea. Fastmail and a few others offer this, but Apple makes it easy to hide your e-mail address. Another idea you mentioned in the last video of manually removing your info from data brokers is great, or a paid service like DeleteMe/Incogni is good. I haven't tried those services but it's worth checking out.
Of course if it's your Apple ID that won't work.
The rate limit should be on Apple's server, not on the device. Beside the Captcha, there should be say a 6-12 hour timeout before another reset can be sent per account. imo
@@BillAnt captcha is outdated, that needs updated. I think on-device would be a better solution since the rate limit can’t be exploited afaik
@@BillAnt+1. Well said.
Thanks for the update. Great information!
Thank you for the detailed explanation
Thank you for keeping us informed. This along with the AT&T hack should scare us all. It can happen to any of us and once it’s out there it’s too late.
This is great advice and easy to follow for me but not so easy for my elderly mother who just about knows iOS basics. Just trying to explain this to her caused her severe anxiety and now she’s worried about touching her phone when any notification arrives and is reluctant to answer any phone call.
Apple needs to fix this yesterday! It may happen to every company out there but how that company responds to the issue is what matters and I am not impressed so far.
I'm 80 and I'm not your mother, but I have a similar response. I bought my first Mac in 1984 (loved the halftime ad) and knew everything about a Mac for about a month. And then . . .
When I learn of something like this, I just bunker down. What *very* specific advice would you give your mother?
@@jameskeener7251 I showed her the message that pops up and she didn’t think she’d be able to differentiate between it and a standard system pop up so I said to just click NO on everything for the time being and if something pops up more than once to put the phone down and call me on the landline. I also told her to only answer calls from family and friends whose names and pictures appear on the screen when it rings. Luckily I take care of all her bills and anything financial so any call like that will come through me but she has a lot of financial stuff (bank account, savings, pensions etc) on her phone that she likes to keep an eye on and won’t delete the apps so it’s worrying. She wants to keep some control over things in her life and so would I tbh so I don’t want to take that away from her.
It’s worrying, over the last decade or so I’ve had to sign her up for certain things, all official but immediately after having signed up she’d get spam emails and texts so those companies are either selling her details or they’re being stolen. It happens so quickly after signing up I think they’re selling them but her email and phone number are out there, as are all of ours.
It’s a numbers game, the odds are low so I wouldn’t worry too much but they’re not zero so as I said to her, decline everything and only accept calls from loved ones for the time being. Definitely do not accept any calls if the incoming caller is Apple Support.
I'm a Samsung phone user, and this has never happened to me. My built-in phone app even filters out the majority of scam calls and texts before I even see them.
Thank You for this! I’ve been looking to have my address remove from the web but didn’t know if it was possible without having to pay!
Thanks for the info.
Great to hear that Apple is taking action to address this scam. Thanks Brandon!
What is Apple doing??
Great advice! I never share any sensitive information with people I do not know. I also never post photos and videos on social media while I am traveling. Hopefully the software engineers will figure out the cause and fix the loophole. I do like the password change request limitation idea. That should help.
Thank you for the follow up video. Greatly appreciated.
I never answer any number that isn’t in my contacts 😂 especially when they have 800 in it
but if it says "Apple Support" calling from a verified number, it's not so easy to dismiss right away
Someone didn’t watch the previous video or hasn’t been paying attention.
🙃
@@BrandonButchAnd if you have live voicemail on, you can no longer dismiss it without “answering” via live voicemail. Same with landline/VoIP phones/answering systems.
@@BrandonButch"its't not easy to dismiss" for gullible users. Smart users NEVER answer/respond to unsolicited SMS, calls, email. Period.
@@FormByFirelight it’s me 🥲 (sowwy) 🥹
thank you for the initial video and update, i've never come across your channel before the last video and will be subscribing.
Awesome, great to have you here!
Apple honestly just needs to update their captcha software. The captcha on that page is extremely outdated. Most computer systems can read those letters now. That's the reason why modern captcha use different approaches. Selecting different pictures that contain traffic lights for example show the lag time for human input. You have to pause to search for the next picture. If Apple just used Google's recaptcha like the rest of the Internet this would be solved. I guess they just don't want Google on their site
I wouldn’t be surprised if we see it reworked when they rebrand to Apple Account later this year.
Thanks brandon this helped alot always watch your videos keep them coming 🙏
See this is why I love your videos you’re always on the ball big thanks 👊👊
Thank you.
Excellent video and information. Thanks!
The *’Silence Unknown Callers’* option in the Settings app is godly. 😇
It's nice, but I can't have it enabled since I have missed many important phone calls with it enabled 😞
@@BrandonButchsame
@@BrandonButchAnd it doesn’t do any good if you have calls enabled on your Mac as macOS doesn’t yet have this feature.
@@BrandonButchyeah same
@@BrandonButchIf it’s important they will leave message and you can call back. Calls can only go to my phone.
Thnx Brandon. Great job.
I do worry about elderly People With this scam because they are most vulnerable Glad they fixed it.
you recommend in here that for bank logins and appleid logins that account holders use email addresses uniquely for that service. Can you explain why? And would a Gmail address with “+bank” on the end be sufficient or do you recommend an entirely separate email address?
You’re so amazing Brandon! Keep up the great videos! I haven’t had this problem but it’s great you’re raising awareness!!
thanks Gabriel! It's important knowledge for people to have/keep for life!
Not
People can also use the sound frequency from key pad to figure out the password/OTP. Never type codes on keypad during a call.
Thank you for your helpful videos! Last week someone from “Public Service “ called me two times in a row, I didn’t answer either one, and they didn’t leave a message- definitely suspicious and probably a scam.
Thank you sir
Thank you so much
🐸🐸 Brandon, thx so much for your service to the digital communities at large!!❤️
I think allow the notifications in Notification Center but don’t allow it to take over your device unless you specifically open it from notifications like everything else. This would allow you to delete the whole group of notifications at one time without holding your device hostage.
Yes!!!
Yubi key should help cause even if you fail (attacker changed your password) still it would require the key to login.
i just got it now but as a pop up not a notification
Same. It locks my phone and I just turn off my phone and turn it back on.
@@Jephthahs_Daughter yea
Actually a financial institution asked me for a code to verify it was me, but I called them to do an over the phone transaction. So yes,sometimes they do but not if they call you.
This happened to me back when they released the last iPod touch came out back in 2019. I kept taking it to the Apple Store and no one would help me. The Apple Store ended up deleting the Apple ID so now the Apple ID is still stuck on the device so it’s useless.
Not all heroes wear capes and tights-> Talking about YOU , BB! Thank you so much for watching over us less tech savvy people. You certainly deserve another subscriber, So There! Subbed!
Hey thanks!! 🙏
if i get a uknown call i tap the i go down and i block the numbers
3:35 Unless it’s one of those verifications that doesn’t accept a voip number, I use a Google voice number for virtually everything online that asks for a phone number.
I didn’t even know of such happenings until I saw this video. Thanks Brandon for always being on top of things (everything apple).
Lucky we have UA-cam to give us a worry; just in case we were feeling okay for a moment 🤔🤭
You put out great content. Thanks.
Adding… I’ve been stingy about what I keep in iCloud. I don’t use HomeKit because it requires keychain in the iCloud. Am I wrong? Seems like maybe I’m not wrong based upon the implications in this video. So may that’s another recommendation. Be stingy with what you keep on iCloud.
I never have this problem at all
Happy Birthday Boss! (F1Miami) 🎉
Thanks! 🙌
I think the hackers/scammers might compromise your photos and videos and sell them for ransom (as well as what you mentioned in the video).
Dude. Thank you sooo much for putting this in the correct perspective for everyone (I see you Apple bashers :) And as always your diligent research and assistance.
Apple needs a way, instead of pressing no 100 times, to see how many times the notification has been sent. They also need to add an option to disable the password for an hour or a certain amount of time if you are being attacked. Instead of allow and allow, Apple needs to disallow all disallow and disable.
Drinking game with the word issue!!!
Begin!!
Just another reason I have "Silence Unknown Callers" on in settings.
Server side fix?
I never answer calls from unknown numbers, neither do I ever call anyone else using my cellphone. If I’m forced to give a phone number I make one up. Any deliveries I’m expecting are told I will not answer the phone & they have to come to the door and ring the bell.
You are the best ❤
🤝
No
What about if you turn screen time. In screen time you can disable your account so no one can change it. Will they able to change it there?
i never had dis issue not ever
Unless I’m wrong. Possible. But you can’t change your Apple ID email. At least not using Hide My Email. That’s what I was told from the Apple forums.
Wouldn’t access iCloud data on web turned off help?
Apple GAVE my unique account email to someone without my permission or even knowledge!!! I always used an email address for my apple account that I never used for anything else, but it showed up is someone else's iPhone without anyone asking for that!!! Possibly when I airdropped them some pictures... Their iPhone automatically updated my contact info or something and they emailed me at it and asked what something in the email address meant. They thought it was a weird address for me to be using, but also assumed it was my current standard email address. I wouldn't even have known it had been shared if they hadn't started using it!
It disturbed and upset me! Is there a way to stop my iPhone from ever doing that again?
no luck removing my personal info from people search
You need to pay to get some info removed but I’m not sure evening paying for those services will remove 100% off all
@@coldkush Thank you
I'm so glad I have a pixel. Apple has had tons of security issues over that last 2 years
He said this is happening to all companies.
Uhhh this is an "Apple specific" issue. You can delude yourself into pretending that it's not, but neither Microsoft nor Google have this problem, as they've already added rate limits and cooldowns on how often you can make another request ages ago that gets longer the more times you try. This is pure incompetence on Apple's part exclusively and they should be embarrassed for not addressing it long before it was exploited.
yeah i saw it pop up on my phone and already knew it was a scam.
I haven’t had it before
I barely answer my own contacts let alone numbers that aren’t saved into my phone 🙃 if it’s important they can text 🙃🙃🙃
This man is a godsend!
it happens today to me
May i know wht happened pls
lol just don’t sign in to iCloud!
Sorry, what? Never answer any phone calls? I'm just glad I have a phone that I can still use to take calls on (not an iPhone)!
So Brandon are you saying that as a business I shouldn’t use a cell phone number?
Get Hub?? You talk pretty fast.
I mean it’s in the description
UA-cam video and thumbnail igniting worry and anxiety. Same UA-cam video: "Don't be fear-mongering; dont spread misinformation...." lol 🙄
apple should just delete the phone app. all we get are scammers on the phone anyways. lol....
So that makes it into an iPod Touch Pro with cellular data and modern specs 😁
This never happened to my Blackberry
This never happens on my landline! 🙄
That’s why I’m moving to android
I have a $2,000 phone that I never answer. Not like the good old days of my Nokia flip phone.
iPhone
i like iphone cause of itunes cards and dis rapper emoji app
So apple knows now
They should be using lockdown mode on your iPhone. It came out with iOS 16.
Seriously going back to a flip phone. Had enough of this garbage
never had this issue till time
iPhone 13 128gb iOS 17.4.1 the same in iPad 9 gen 256gb iPadOS 17.4.1
thank god its not an april fools joke
why? It's a good thing
It’s not. You can see Brandon’s video from last week.
It’s not
@@BrandonButch I understood the title wrong, oops
I am about to comment: “Bro did you spell wrong 💀?” But you fixed it.
If Apple doesn’t stop this I will be switching to android and get a Samsung S4 Ultra. This stops now Apple 😡😡😤😤
Okay
1st, but weak comment
@@BrandonButchit was just a quick reply lol
Stop using Google
Apple is 💩 now, no matter what you say, unsubscribed
nice April fools joke
you could just put a screen time password on account and password changes
Whew…I’m so glad Apple knows what they’re doin’. I’m in total agreement, that’s crazy!!!
But they didn't think about this type of attack from the beginning. Any company can patch it after the fact.
Apple turning shit day after day after 17.4.1 my 14p started having heating issues and slow charging.
It resolves in 24 hours. Close all your open windows.
im never switching to android phone cause they stupid and i dont know how to work them
Gave my mother a notebook to store all her passwords so she doesn’t have to save them on her phone or forget them. She’s too old to understand this whole problem.
Can you do how to increase battery life mine is 96% battery health but my screen time was like 5hours on my iPhone 13 plzzzzzzzzzzz
the only way to increase it is to change your battery unfortunately, although you really don't need to at 96% battery health
But my screen time is not good enough it lasted for 5h 10m 😢
@@ultron_bunnyytyeah new battery. You can go through Brandon's battery saving tips videos (have to go through history) but if your battery life was better you'll need a new battery or phone with more battery. Honestly 5 hours is pretty good. That's what I used to get on my iPhone 12 when the battery was new.
you can go to settings and turn off background app refresh it helps some
what app is using your battery most?
Siri not running shortcuts after 17.4.1. Happening to anyone?
any error message?
@@BrandonButch nope non at all siri just lays their not responding
3:14 or make a new phone number?
I've been using my iPhone more lately but never encountered such scam the airways are clean no one is spamming me now
Don’t worry soon they gonna implant your phone inside your body 💀
Another reason not to get an iPhone, tout court.
Yes, because android is sooooo secure 🙄
@@Brenden552 nothing is 100% secure. There's always some compromise. But at least Android doesn't have to deal with the scam iPhones have to deal with
Hi Brandon. I watch every of your videos for a very long time. I love it, but please change your hair or camera angle. It is not pleasant to watch for some reason. Really not hating.
Can you elaborate? You’re the first person to say this
@@BrandonButchI am no camera expert, but i feel like lens, angle or the lightning are just not flattering as much as it could be.
@@nikyfol7821your hair is fine. People are just being nitpicky
And yet they say apple has good security 🤣🤣 thank god i dont use shitty apple products 🤭🤭
1st like broo🎉
Apple needs to remove the ability to reset your account PW with your phone number. Terrible decision!
My Apple ID is an email I use no where else, and my phone number is not attached to my Apple ID. I feel like that is the best defense against this sort of nonsense.
Iphone scame noooooo. Only androids gets scammed not poor iphone
haiii
haiiii :3
April fools? 😱
Hmmmm🤔
Sadly not