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iPhone 5 – Malware Alert
by iphone5 at 2:16 pm EDT, Jun 7, 2011

Just as Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference featuring previews of Apple’s latest devices gets underway this week, so has a new spamming operation using a fictional iPhone 5G to fool victims.

Computer security firm Sophos said a new batch of spam mail claims to come from Apple with the subject line, “Finally. The amazing iPhone 5. Now available in black edition."

“Take care not to click on links contained inside the email, however, as they’re directing to a malicious executable file called iphone5.gif.exe. Of course, the images of the iPhone 5 with a built-in hardware keyboard are just some fanboy’s dream," Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley said in a blog post.

Cluley said the emails claim to be from noreply@apple.com.

He said the body of the emails contains an Apple logo and an image of the supposed iPhone 5 with a built-in physical keyboard.

“Introducing the iPhone that lets you do more than ever. And do it amazingly faster. ... Launch and switch between applications quickly. Bigger display, transparent mode, better cloud integration. Shoot, edit, and share video like never before. Slimmer, faster and sleeker. Discover many more features that make iPhone 5G S the best iPhone yet," the email claims.

Ironically, Cluley said this spammed-out malware attack does not infect iPhone or even Apple Mac users.

“The Trojan only infects the Windows operating system," he added.