Stolen iPhones could soon be worth a lot less to thieves
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What happened
Collection of Malwarebytes articles (June 2026) summarizing multiple active security trends and incidents: device theft mitigation efforts for iPhones, convincing phishing/fake verification pages stealing Steam accounts, social-media and pirated-software channels distributing infostealers and password stealers (impacting hundreds of thousands of devices), large-scale Microsoft and Chrome patch releases (206 Microsoft bugs including three zero-days; 74 Chrome fixes including an actively exploited flaw), widespread AI-powered scams and deepfakes causing large financial losses, account-takeovers—
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- 2026-06-12T20:51:56Z
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- Yes
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