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Fraudsters tried to scam Apple out of 5,000 iPhones worth over $3 million

Two Chinese nationals face 20 years in prison after being caught and convicted of submitting over 5,000 fake iPhones worth more than $3 million to Apple with the goal of having them replaced with genuine devices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fraudsters-tried-to-scam-apple-out-of-5-000-iphones-worth-over-3-million/
Microsoft finally expands free logging—but only for govt agencies

Microsoft has expanded free Purview Audit logging capabilities for all U.S. federal agencies six months after disclosing that Chinese hackers stole U.S. government emails undetected in an Exchange Online breach between May and June 2023. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-finally-expands-free-logging-but-only-for-govt-agencies/
LockBit ransomware secretly building next-gen encryptor before takedown

LockBit ransomware developers were secretly building a new version of their file encrypting malware, dubbed LockBit-NG-Dev - likely a future LockBit 4.0, when law enforcement took down the cybercriminal's infrastructure earlier this week. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-ransomware-secretly-building-next-gen-encryptor-before-takedown/
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FTC to ban Avast from selling browsing data for advertising purposes

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will order Avast to pay $16.5 million and ban the company from selling the users' web browsing data or licensing it for advertising purposes. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ftc-to-ban-avast-from-selling-browsing-data-for-advertising-purposes/
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Bitwarden’s new auto-fill option adds phishing resistance

The Bitwarden open-source password management service has introduced a new inline auto-fill menu that addresses the risk of user credentials being stolen through malicious form fields. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bitwardens-new-auto-fill-option-adds-phishing-resistance/
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Microsoft has started testing Wi-Fi 7 support in Windows 11

Microsoft is testing support for Wi-Fi 7 in Windows 11, which offers multi-gigabit speeds and improved throughput, latency, and reliability compared to previous Wi-Fi generations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-has-started-testing-wi-fi-7-support-in-windows-11/
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UnitedHealth confirms Optum hack behind US healthcare billing outage

Healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group confirmed that its subsidiary Optum was forced to shut down IT systems and various services after a cyberattack by "nation-state" hackers on the Change Healthcare platform. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unitedhealth-confirms-optum-hack-behind-us-healthcare-billing-outage/
LockBit ransomware gang has over $110 million in unspent bitcoin

The LockBit ransomware gang received more than $125 million in ransom payments over the past 18 months, according to the analysis of hundreds of cryptocurrency wallets associated with the operation. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-ransomware-gang-has-over-110-million-in-unspent-bitcoin/
Insomniac Games alerts employees hit by ransomware data breach

Sony subsidiary Insomniac Games is sending data breach notification letters to employees whose personal information was stolen and leaked online following a Rhysida ransomware attack in November. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/insomniac-games-alerts-employees-hit-by-ransomware-data-breach/
FTC sues H&R Block over deceptive 'free' online filing ads

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued tax preparation giant H&R Block over the company's deceptive "free" online filing advertising and for pressuring people into overpaying for its services. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/ftc-sues-handr-block-over-deceptive-free-online-filing-ads/
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RCMP investigating cyber attack as its website remains down

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canada's national police force has disclosed that it recently faced a cyber attack targeting its networks. The federal body has started its criminal investigation into the matter as it works to determine the scope of the security breach. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rcmp-investigating-cyber-attack-as-its-website-remains-down/
PayPal files patent for new method to detect stolen cookies

PayPal has filed a patent application for a novel method that can identify when "super-cookie" is stolen, which could improve the cookie-based authentication mechanism and limit account takeover attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/paypal-files-patent-for-new-method-to-detect-stolen-cookies/
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