The Justice Department has court authority to seize or restrain more than $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency stolen from Binance. A wider freeze of more than $2.7 billion includes private-sector holds, and tracing is still underway.
That court step is not the same thing as money already returned.
FaceStealer uses stolen accounts, prerecorded webcam video, and deepfakes of known people to get a target into a fake meeting, then sends a supposed fix that installs malware.
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The Justice Department has announced 354 arrests and the seizure of more than $234 million in cash and virtual currencies from Operation TorNado. The sweep ran from May 2025 to October 2026 and did not split that money between cash and crypto.
Apple released HomeView Software 27.2 on November 12 with fixes for nine security issues. One could let a remote attacker join an iMessage group and receive its messages. Another could let a Bluetooth device pair without a person's approval.
ConnectWise says it is investigating unauthorized access to some partner ScreenConnect environments. It has found no evidence of a compromise of its own infrastructure or a flaw in ScreenConnect, and it disabled five third-party extensions in about 400 environments.
Microsoft's November 2026 Security Updates list 1,094 flaws, including 63 rated critical and one Outlook bug already exploited.
A critical heap-based buffer overflow affects the D-Link DIR-878 on firmware 1.20B05 through the HNAP Handler. The flaw allows remote unauthenticated attacks and has a public exploit available.
