The mobile version of the tech support scam usually targets the Safari web browser. APPLE SECURITY BREACH pop up might also show up on your iPhone too. Apple security breach scam targets iPhone users too. "My guess is it (the technology) was either too expensive or too cumbersome to put into the iPhone, so Apple didn't use it," Rogers said. APPLE SECURITY BREACH is a fake pop-up message displayed by adware.
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Rogers said Apple obtained such technology in the 2012 acquisition of AuthenTec, a maker of fingerprint sensors for mobile phones and other portable electronics. Users of iPhones 6 and earlier cannot scan NFC tags with or without an App so the latest upgrade doesnt apply. Choosing a smaller number would strengthen security.Īlso, Rogers wants Apple to incorporate in Touch ID technology that would no longer make it possible to fool the scanner with a fake fingerprint, no matter how high the quality. Rogers would like Apple to let the iPhone owner decide how many tries to unlock the phone. On the seventh, the user will have to enter his passcode. Touch ID is used for authentication before the payment is sent.Īlong with the improvements in the scanner, Rogers would like to see Apple bolster security in other areas.Ĭurrently, a person gets six tries with Touch ID to unlock a phone. Instead, the phone transmits a payment token that is a representation of the actual number. The actual credit card number is never sent. Indeed, the insecurity of credit cards has been highlighted in the theft of 10s of millions of payment card numbers from retailer Target last year and Home Depot this year.Īpple Pay uses a near-field communication (NFC) transmitter to send payment data to a store reader. "I believe that Touch ID is a great addition to mobile payments regardless of the recent research." "The consumer is currently accepting a horribly insecure system with general credit cards," Tyler Shields, analyst for Forrester Research, said.
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