Apple warns of new iCloud threats

Apple has posted a new security warning for users of its iCloud online storage service amid reports of a concerted effort to steal passwords and other data from people who use the popular service in China, The Guardian reports.

“We’re aware of intermittent organised network attacks using insecure certificates to obtain user information, and we take this very seriously,” the company said in a post on Tuesday on its support website. The post said Apple’s own servers had not been compromised.

Apple’s post did not mention China or provide any details on the attacks. But it was reported on Tuesday that some Chinese internet users have begun seeing warnings that indicate they had been diverted to an unauthorised website when they attempted to sign into their iCloud accounts.

That kind of diversion, known to computer security experts as a “man in the middle” attack, could allow a third party to copy and steal the passwords that users enter when they think they are signing into Apple’s service. Hackers could then use the passwords to collect other data from the users’ accounts.

Read more on The Guardian website.