When it comes to phishing, you’re probably thinking about scam emails in your inbox — but messages on your smartphone (and the links they contain) can be just as dangerous.
With iMessage on the best iPhones, Apple includes built-in phishing protection to keep you safe from scams and malware in messages sent from unknown senders that aren’t in your contacts. Rightfully so, as hackers and other cybercriminals love targeting our phones given that they now hold so much sensitive data.
According to a new report by BleepingComputer though, hackers have now come up with a clever new way to disable Apple’s phishing protection in iMessage. This means that when you tap on a malicious link in one of their messages, your iPhone will no longer prevent you from being taken to known phishing sites.
