iPhone users report to Apple Company about the event invitation which unwanted and unknown to them, by popping up in the calendars app. And the rate of these unwanted events is constantly rising. They are claiming that they receive invitations of discount offers from famous brands, but later on, they realize that they are spammers, not the brands. Spammer receives the message about acceptance or rejection of the offer. If someone rejects the event they will send more offer to follow up.
"It's a problem with the way the iCloud works," said Prof Alan Woodward, a cybersecurity expert at Surrey University.
"Because the calendar and photo sharing are mirrored to the cloud - even if you say you don't want to go it still keeps a copy in the cloud.
"You can turn the iCloud off, but that defeats the object of having it, or you can use a complicated work around.
"What they really need is an 'ignore' button."
"Most of the calendar spam I've seen has originated from China," he wrote.
"Somebody has a big list of email addresses and sends out calendar invites with spammy links embedded.
"My guess is this is only going to get worse, and I really hope Apple intervenes."
All these details are providing by Apple when BBC contact them regarding “calendar Spam”. Hopefully, Apple makes this calendar more safe and secure.
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