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iOS malware can fake iPhone shut downs to snoop on camera, microphone

Researchers have developed a new technique that fakes a shutdown or reboot of iPhones, preventing malware from being removed and allowing hackers to secretly snoop on microphones and receive sensitive data via a live network connection. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ios-malware-can-fake-iphone-shut-downs-to-snoop-on-camera-microphone/
Crypto platform ARBIX flagged as a rugpull, transfers $10 million

Arbix Finance, an audited and supposedly trustworthy yield farming platform, has been flagged as a 'rugpull,' deleting its site, Twitter, and Telegram channel and transferring $10 million worth of deposited cryptocurrency. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/crypto-platform-arbix-flagged-as-a-rugpull-transfers-10-million/
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint adds zero-touch iOS onboarding

Microsoft says zero-touch onboarding for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) on iOS is now available in public preview, allowing enterprise admins to silently install Defender for Endpoint automatically on enrolled devices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-adds-zero-touch-ios-onboarding/
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70 investors lose $50 million to fraudsters posing as broker-dealers

A California man confirmed his role in a large-scale and long-running Internet-based fraud scheme that allowed him and other fraudsters to siphon roughly $50 million from dozens of investors over eight years, between 2012 to October 2020. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/70-investors-lose-50-million-to-fraudsters-posing-as-broker-dealers/
France hits Facebook and Google with $210 million in fines

France's National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL), the country's data privacy and protection body, has announced a 60 million euro ($68 million) sanction against Facebook and a 150 million euro ($170 million) penalty against Google. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/france-hits-facebook-and-google-with-210-million-in-fines/
Swiss army bans all chat apps but locally-developed Threema

The Swiss army has banned foreign instant-messaging apps such as Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp and requires army members to use the locally-developed Threema messaging app instead. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/swiss-army-bans-all-chat-apps-but-locally-developed-threema/
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US online pharmacy Ravkoo links data breach to AWS portal incident

Ravkoo, a US Internet-based pharmacy service, has disclosed a data breach after the company's AWS hosted cloud prescription portal was involved in a security incident that may have led to personal and health information being accessed. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-online-pharmacy-ravkoo-links-data-breach-to-aws-portal-incident/
US arrests suspect who stole unpublished books in phishing attacks

An Italian man allegedly involved in a multi-year scheme to fraudulently obtain hundreds of prepublication manuscripts was arrested on Wednesday at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-arrests-suspect-who-stole-unpublished-books-in-phishing-attacks/
Microsoft: KB5008212 Windows security update breaks Outlook search

Microsoft has acknowledged an issue triggered by a Windows 10, version 21H2 security update released during the December 2021 Patch Tuesday that causes search issues in Outlook for Microsoft 365. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-kb5008212-windows-security-update-breaks-outlook-search/
FlexBooker discloses data breach, over 3.7 million accounts impacted

Accounts of more than three million users of the U.S.-based FlexBooker appointment scheduling service have been stolen in an attack before the holidays and are now being traded on hacker forums. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/flexbooker-discloses-data-breach-over-37-million-accounts-impacted/