Botnets Attacking iPhone Buyers

Researchers also noted that pop-up and banner advertisements display iPhone ads on the infected computers, further luring users to the fraudulent sites. If users try to buy an iPhone off the phony pages, they actually are giving their financial and personal identification information to the botnet herders. "This is one of the most sophisticated attacks we have seen targeting a user community, in this case iPhone users," said Luis Corrons, technical director of PandaLabs, in a written statement. "It is a really complex, dangerous attack that combines elements of malware (the Trojan), phishing (the spoofed Web page), and even adware (pop-ups, modification of search results, etc.)."