Since early November 2018 McAfee Labs have observed a phishing kit, dubbed 16Shop, being used by malicious actors to target Apple account holders in the United States and Japan. Typically, the victims receive an email with a pdf file attached.
Most phishing kits will email the credit card and account details entered on the site directly to the malicious actor. The 16Shop kit does this, too, and also stores a local copy in other text files. This is a weakness in the kit because anyone visiting the site can download the clear-text files (if the attacker uses the default settings).
The kit includes a local blacklist, which blocks certain IP addresses from accessing the website. This blacklist contains lots of IPs of security companies, including McAfee. The blacklisting prevents malware researchers from accessing the phishing sites.
