Sophos Cloud Optix
New, shiny products always tend to catch people’s attention, and spammers are continually looking for ways to do exactly that. So it’s not surprising to see spam tempting people with the promise of a new iPad, and a FREE one at that:
The image they’ve used is very sketchy too, patched together from other existing Apple products and bearing little resemblance to the pictures released so far.
However much you might want an iPad, don’t get lured in by spam like this.
A friend sent me a link to win a free iPad and was curious if just receiving the invitation can compromise your account. Do you know any way to protect yourself from this spam?
How have you received the messages? We've seen spam like this spread via Facebook and Twitter as well as regular email.
Normally you would have to click on the link or open an attachment to be infected – but without seeing a sample it's hard to tell exactly what you received.