Hackers are increasingly using a sense of urgency to get around an Apple security measure and trick iMessage users into clicking phishing links, Bleeping Computer reports. Typically, iMessage users can't open links from an unknown sender until they add the sender to their contacts or respond to one of their messages.

Threat actors target iPhone users with malicious messages to trick them into turning off Apple iMessage’s phishing protection.

Cybercriminals are disabling Apple iMessage's built-in phishing protection to trick iPhone users into re-enabling scam links or messages from unknown senders, making them vulnerable to cyberattacks.