iPhone launch triggers nefarious activity

BANGALORE,INDIA: With the official launch of Apple's iPhone4 people are queuing outside stores to get hold of the latest smart phone. This the opportunity that spammers do not want to miss. Especially, with all the hype around a new product launches like iPhone4.

Webscence has reported that its ThreatSeeker Network has identified iPhone 4 themed spam and Facebook wall posts. According to a company release, should the users be tempted by the offer of a free iPhone 4, they are presented with affiliate campaigns to harvest email addresses to push further products on the user.

Webscence has recorded several Facebook posts that entice users with the possibility of receiving a free iPhone 4.

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According to the release, upon clicking on the url within the Facebook post, the user then progresses through a series of data collection systems (requests for email address and full postal address) enticing users with offers of a free iPhone 4.

The release added that even within Websecence Hosted Email Security service it is seeing spam campaigns jumping on the iPhone 4 theme.