Yesterday company Apple released after several months of testing iOS 10.3 with a number of interesting news. She received a significant improvement voice assistant Siri, as well as the automotive system CarPlayThe Cupertino company also made it a point to fix bugs that allowed hackers to break into devices. Users were concerned about a bug in the browser Safari, for which hackers demanded money from iPhone owners.
As explained by mobile security firm Lookout, cybercriminals targeted users viewing pornographic sites and used a JavaScript pop-up window to create a fake message.oneA pop-up loop. If the user did not know how to bypass this loop, the browser was blocked. The user was accused of having their device blocked for viewing illegal pornography. Once they clicked the “OK” button on the pop-up, the same pop-up appeared with a warning that the page could not be opened.
The scammers in the pop-up window demanded money from users in the form of iTunes gift cards. They promised to unblock the browser after receiving a certain amount. But nooneThe pop-up loop could be stopped by clearing the cache. SafariHowever, many users have no idea that something like this is possible, so some have paid the requested amount to regain access to the browser.
U iOS 10.3 pop-up scams are no longer possible because Apple changed the way pop-ups work.
Source: MacRumors
LoL :-) I used to make these jokes fifteen years ago in elementary school, I'm surprised that someone came across it. :)