phishing: Apple Account Suspended www1-apple.com

Alert Summary:

Phishing: Apple Account Suspended www1-apple.com phishing emails saying that Due tο a prοblem with sοme of your accοunt infοrmatiοn, we have tempοrarily lοcked yοur accοunt.

Sample Message headers:

From: Apple {do_not_reply@eur.apple.com} Subject: Apple Account Suspended - Apple.com

Sample Message body:

This is an automated message, please do not reply. Dear Αpple Custοmer, Due tο a prοblem with sοme of your accοunt infοrmatiοn, we have tempοrarily lοcked yοur accοunt. Whilst yοur accοunt is lοcked yοu will be unable tο use services such as the Αpp Stοre / iΤunes store and usage of iClοud will be limited. To unlοck your accοunt we need you to update your accοunt infοrmatiοn. Click the following link to update the infοrmatiοn on your accοunt. Update now > The reasοn we sent yοu this email is because ΑppΙe takes security very seriοusly and we need tο ensure that we have the mοst up tο date infοrmatiοn οn file fοr οur custοmers tο prevent unauthοrised use. It may just be that yοur payment methοd has expired or your accοunt infοrmatiοn is incomplete. In οrder to avοid yοur accοunt being permanently clοsed we require yοu tο update yοur infοrmation within 24 hοurs οf this email being sent. If you have already validated your account within the last 48 hours then you do not have to do anything, simply ignore this message. ΑppΙe Suppοrt Case Ref: 481,077-00-30-8

The above link to Apple site, doesn't take you there but instead takes you to a fake phishing site:

http://tiny.cc/ty73sx

 The above URL redirector site, takes you to this domain:

http://www1-apple.com/signin?sslchannel=true

The fake phishing site above looks like this:

At first glance, it looks like the genuine apple.com but look closely.... www1-apple.com

The fake apple domain was recently set-up, details here:

Domain Name: WWW1-APPLE.COM Registrar: PDR LTD. D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 303 Whois Server: whois.PublicDomainRegistry.com Referral URL: http://www.PublicDomainRegistry.com Name Server: RS133.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM Name Server: RS33.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM Updated Date: 26-jan-2015 Creation Date: 26-jan-2015 Expiration Date: 26-jan-2016 Domain Name: WWW1-APPLE.COM Registry Domain ID: Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.publicdomainregistry.com Registrar URL: www.publicdomainregistry.com Updated Date: 2015-01-26T22:21:54Z Creation Date: 2015-01-26T22:21:53Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2016-01-26T22:21:53Z Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com Registrar IANA ID: 303 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse-contact@publicdomainregistry.com Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1-2013775952 Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited Registry Registrant ID: Registrant Name: David Ayeni Registrant Organization: N/A Registrant Street: 132 Victoria Road Registrant City: London Registrant State/Province: London Registrant Postal Code: RM1 2NX Registrant Country: GB Registrant Phone: +44.02039483949 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant Email: davidayeni823@gmail.com

The fake phishing site will also ask you to hand over your credit card details too....

Cheers,

Steve
Sanesecurity.com