The health tech giant processes 15 billion health transactions a year, and handles health information for about half of all Americans. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News |…
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US government says security flaw in Chirp Systems’ app lets anyone remotely control smart home locks
CISA said Chirp Systems ignored the federal agency and the reporting security researcher. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: US government says…
Lawmakers vote to reauthorize US spying law that critics say expands government surveillance
House and Senate lawmakers passed a bill reauthorizing the controversial Section 702 powers under FISA, which allows U.S. spy agencies to conduct warrantless searches of Americans’ communications. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has…
Your Android phone could have stalkerware — here’s how to remove it
This simple guide helps you identify and remove common consumer-grade spyware apps from your Android phone. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article:…
Lacework, last valued at $8.3B, is in talks to sell for just $150M to $200M, say sources
Consolidation continues apace in the world of security. Sources tell us that Lacework — a cloud security startup that was valued at $8.3 billion post-money in its last funding round — is in talks to be acquired by another security…
Lacework, last valued at $8.3B, is in talks to sell for just $150M to $300M, say sources
Consolidation continues apace in the world of security. Sources tell us that Lacework — a cloud security startup that was valued at $8.3 billion post-money in its last funding round — is in talks to be acquired by another security…
Wiz is in talks to buy Lacework for $150-200M; security firm was last valued at $8.3B
Consolidation continues apace in the world of security. Sources tell us that Lacework — a cloud security startup that was valued at $8.3 billion post-money in its last funding round — is in talks to be acquired by another security…
Hackers are threatening to publish a huge stolen sanctions and financial crimes watchlist
The hackers say they have stolen 5.3 million records from the World-Check database, used by companies and banks for screening potential customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News…
Cape dials up $61M from A16Z + more for mobile service that doesn’t use personal data
AT&T’s recent mega customer data breach — 74 million accounts impacted — laid bare how much data carriers have on their users, and also that the data is there for the hacking. Today, a startup called Cape — based out…
Apex Legends hacker says game developers patched exploit used on streamers
Last month, a hacker wreaked havoc during an esports tournament of the popular shooter game Apex Legends, hacking two well-known streamers mid-game to make it look like they were using cheats. A month later, it seems like the hacking saga…
Palo Alto Networks’ firewall bug under attack brings fresh havoc to thousands of companies
Organizations are urged to patch their Palo Alto firewalls after researchers discover evidence of malicious exploitation dating back to late-March. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch…
Vorlon is trying to stop the next big API breach
Application programming interfaces, or APIs as they’re commonly known, are the bedrock of everything we do online. APIs allow two things on the internet to talk with each other, including connected devices or phone apps. But the enormous growth of…
A crypto wallet maker’s warning about an iMessage bug sounds like a false alarm
A crypto wallet maker claimed this week that hackers may be targeting people with an iMessage “zero-day” exploit — but all signs point to an exaggerated threat, if not a downright scam. Trust Wallet’s official X (previously Twitter) account wrote…
Evolution Equity Partners raises $1.1B for new cybersecurity and AI fund
Evolution Equity Partners, a growth capital firm based in NYC, has raised $1.1 billion for a new cyber- and AI-focused fund. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News |…
Omni Hotels says customers’ personal data stolen in ransomware attack
A ransomware gang called Daixin has taken credit for the breach, and claimed to steal millions of customer records dating back to 2017. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security…
Change Healthcare stolen patient data leaked by ransomware gang
This is the second group to demand a ransom payment from Change Healthcare to prevent the release of stolen patient data in as many months. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed…
A ransomware gang is leaking Change Healthcare’s stolen patient data
This is the second group to demand a ransom payment from Change Healthcare to prevent the release of stolen patient data in as many months. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed…
Government spyware is another reason to use an ad blocker
Spyware makers are reportedly working on targeting individuals with stealthy data-stealing malware using online banner ads. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article:…
Security engineer jailed for 3 years for $12M crypto hacks
Shakeeb Ahmed, a cybersecurity engineer convicted of stealing around $12 million in crypto, was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison. In a press release, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the sentence. Ahmed…
Roku says 576,000 user accounts hacked after second security incident
Roku said it discovered malicious hackers compromised more than half a million user accounts while investigating an earlier spate of account hacks. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News…
How Ukraine’s cyber police fights back against Russia’s hackers
On February 24, 2022, Russian forces invaded Ukraine. Since then, life in the country has changed for everyone. For the Ukrainian forces who had to defend their country, for the regular citizens who had to withstand invading forces and constant…
US think tank Heritage Foundation hit by cyberattack
Founded in 1973, the Washington DC-based Heritage Foundation and supports and lobbies on conservative issues. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: US…
US says Russian hackers stole federal government emails during Microsoft cyberattack
CISA said the latest theft of government email — blamed on Russian government hackers — presents “a grave and unacceptable risk” to U.S. federal agencies. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed…
US government urges Sisense customers to reset credentials after hack
The U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency said it was responding to a “recent compromise” of the data analytics giant, which provides business intelligence to critical infrastructure. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed…
Meta will auto-blur nudity in Instagram DMs in latest teen safety step
Meta has announced it’s testing new features on Instagram intended to help safeguard young people from unwanted nudity or sextortion scams. This includes a feature called Nudity Protection in DMs, which automatically blurs images detected as containing nudity. The tech…
Simbian brings AI to existing security tools
Simbian is a cybersecurity platform that effectively controls other cybersecurity platforms as well as security apps and tooling. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the…
Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks
Apple sent threat notifications to iPhone users in 92 countries on Wednesday, warning them that may have been targeted by mercenary spyware attacks. The company sent the alerts to individuals in 92 nations at 12pm Pacific Time Wednesday. It did…
Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary attacks in new warning
Apple sent threat notifications to iPhone users in 92 countries on Wednesday, warning them that may have been targeted by mercenary spyware attacks. The company sent the alerts to individuals in 92 nations at 12pm Pacific Time on Wednesday. The iPhone-maker…
AT&T notifies regulators after customer data breach
The legally required disclosure came a week after AT&T confirmed a cache containing millions of customers’ data that leaked online was genuine. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News…
Proton picks up Standard Notes to deepen its pro-privacy portfolio
By adding Standard Notes to its portfolio of apps, Proton will deepen its reach with an engaged community of pro-privacy users. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News |…
Microsoft employees exposed internal passwords in security lapse
The tech giant secured a cloud storage server that was inadvertently spilling Microsoft internal data and credentials to the open internet. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News |…
X adds support for passkeys globally on iOS
X, formerly Twitter, is rolling out support for passkeys, a new and more secure login method compared with traditional passwords, to all iOS users globally. The option had first debuted in January, but only for iOS users in the U.S.…
Ransomware gang’s new extortion trick? Calling the front desk
Ransomware gangs are increasingly calling up victim organizations to extort and intimidate rank-and-file employees. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Ransomware gang’s…
Google injects generative AI into its cloud security tools
Many of the announcements had to do with Gemini, Google’s flagship family of generative AI models. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article:…
Chrome Enterprise goes Premium with new security and management features
With Chrome Enterprise, IT departments get the ability to manage employees’ browser settings, the extensions they install and web apps they use. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News…
AI data security startup Cyera confirms $300M raise at a $1.4B valuation
Artificial intelligence continues to be the biggest threat but also the biggest promise in the world of cybersecurity. Today, one of the startups tackling both the opportunity and the challenge is announcing a major round of funding. Cyera has built an…
Sprinto raises $20M to bring automation to security compliance management
Sprinto, a startup offering a security compliance and risk platform, has raised $20 million in new investment led by Accel. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch…
Targus says cyberattack is causing operational outage
Targus’ parent company, B. Riley Financial, said it discovered “a threat actor gained unauthorized access to certain of Targus’ file systems.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News |…
Targus says cyberattack causing operational outage
Targus’ parent company, B. Riley Financial, said it discovered “a threat actor gained unauthorized access to certain of Targus’ file systems.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News |…
Hackers stole 340,000 Social Security numbers from government consulting firm
U.S. consulting firm Greylock McKinnon Associates disclosed a data breach in which hackers stole 341,650 Social Security numbers. The data breach was disclosed on Friday on Maine’s government website, where the state posts data breach notifications. In its data breach…
Indian audio giant BoAt says it’s investigating suspected customer data breach
India’s largest audio and wearables brand confirmed an investigation after alleged customers data was posted online. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article:…
Price of zero-day exploits rises as companies harden products against hackers
Tools that allow government hackers to break into iPhones and Android phones, popular software like the Chrome and Safari browsers, and chat apps like WhatsApp and iMessage, are now worth millions of dollars — and their price has multiplied in…
Indian government’s cloud spilled citizens’ personal data online for years
The Indian government has finally resolved a years-long cybersecurity issue that exposed reams of sensitive data about its citizens. A security researcher exclusively told TechCrunch he found at least hundreds of documents containing citizens’ personal information — including Aadhaar numbers,…
Open source foundations unite on common standards for EU’s Cyber Resilience Act
Seven open source foundations are coming together to create common specifications and standards for Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), regulation adopted by the European Parliament last month. The Apache Software Foundation, Blender Foundation, Eclipse Foundation, OpenSSL Software Foundation, PHP Foundation, Python…
Rubrik’s IPO filing hints at thawing public markets for tech companies
Rubrik initially presents as a moderately growing software business with net losses that stretched to $354 million in its most recent fiscal year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security…
Open source foundations unite on common standards for EU’s Cybersecurity Resilience Act
Seven open source foundations are coming together to create common specifications and standards for Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), regulation adopted by the European Parliament last month. The Apache Software Foundation, Blender Foundation, Eclipse Foundation, OpenSSL Software Foundation, PHP Foundation, Python…
TechCrunch Minute: AT&T data breach prompts millions of passcodes to be reset
Death, taxes, and regular, terrifying cybersecurity leaks. Those are the facts of life, as the latest AT&T data breach is teaching us yet again. A TechCrunch investigation into leaked customer data from the American telco giant has led to AT&T…
‘Reverse’ searches: The sneaky ways that police tap tech companies for your private data
Reverse searches cast a digital dragnet over a tech company’s store of user data to catch the information that police are looking for. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security…
AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online
Security researcher told TechCrunch that leaked AT&T customer data contained encrypted account passcodes that can be easily unscrambled. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the…
Activision investigating password-stealing malware targeting game players
Video game giant Activision is investigating a hacking campaign that’s targeting players with the goal of stealing their credentials, TechCrunch has learned. At this point, the hackers’ specific goals — apart from stealing passwords for various types of accounts —…
US offers $10M to help catch Change Healthcare hackers
The government’s reward for information now extends to ALPHV’s affiliates, which claimed responsibility for a massive weeks-long healthcare cyberattack. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read…
Coro, building cybersecurity for SMBs, locks down $100M at a $750M valuation
Enterprises and other large organizations have long been a lucrative and obvious target for cybercriminals, but in recent years — thanks to more sophisticated breach techniques and the rise of AI — small and medium businesses are now also very…
StealthMole raises $7M Series A for its AI-powered dark web intelligence platform
StealthMole, an AI-powered dark web intelligence startup that specializes in monitoring cyber threats and detecting cybercrime, announced Thursday that it has raised a $7 million Series A funding round. The Singapore-headquartered startup with an R&D office in South Korea will…
Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal
In 2016, Facebook launched a secret project designed to intercept and decrypt the network traffic between people using Snapchat’s app and its servers. The goal was to understand users’ behavior and help Facebook compete with Snapchat, according to newly unsealed…
AI is a data problem — Cyera is raising up to $300M on a $1.5B valuation to secure it
A cybersecurity startup called Cyera is betting that the next big challenge in enterprise data protection will be AI, and it’s raising a big round of funding as demand picks up for it. The company — which builds AI-enhanced tools…
AI is a data problem. Cyera is raising up to $300M on a $1.5B valuation to secure it
A cybersecurity startup called Cyera is betting that the next big challenge in enterprise data protection will be AI, and it’s raising a big round of funding as demand picks up for it. The company — which builds AI-enhanced tools…
AI is a data problem. Now Cyera is raising up to $300M on a $1.5B valuation to secure it
A cybersecurity startup called Cyera is betting that the next big challenge in enterprise data protection will be AI, and it’s raising a big round of funding as demand picks up for it. The company — which builds AI-enhanced tools…
AI is a data problem. Now Cyera is raising up to $300M on a $1.5B valuation, to secure it
A cybersecurity startup called Cyera is betting that the next big challenge in enterprise data protection will be AI, and it’s raising a big round of funding as demand picks up for it. The company — which builds AI-enhanced tools…
UK blames China for massive breach of voter data
It’s the first time the United Kingdom has attributed the massive breach of millions of citizens’ voter data since the cyberattack was first disclosed in 2023. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been…
AT&T won’t say how its customers’ data spilled online
Customers say leaked AT&T customer data — names, addresses, phone numbers and Social Security numbers — is accurate. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the…
Investors’ pledge to fight spyware undercut by past investments in US malware maker
On Monday, the Biden administration announced that six new countries had joined an international coalition to fight the proliferation of commercial spyware, sold by companies such as NSO Group or Intellexa. Now, some investors have announced that they too are…
DOJ calls Apple’s privacy justifications an ‘elastic shield’ for financial gains
The U.S. Department of Justice sued Apple Thursday over monopolistic practices. The complaint accuses Apple of moulding its privacy and security practices in ways that benefits the company financially. One quote particularly jumps out where the DOJ calls Apple’s privacy…
DOT to investigate data security and privacy practices of top US airlines
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced its first industry-wide review of data security and privacy policies across the largest U.S. airlines. The DOT said in a press release Thursday that the review will examine whether U.S. airline giants are properly…
Users say Glassdoor added real names to user profiles without their consent
One user said Glassdoor pulled her full name from an email and added it to her profile. Another user said it wasn’t clear how Glassdoor got his data. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article…
GitHub’s latest AI tool can automatically fix code vulnerabilities
It’s a bad day for bugs. Earlier today, Sentry announced its AI Autofix feature for debugging production code and now, a few hours later, GitHub is launching the first beta of its code scanning autofix feature for finding and fixing…
Apex Legends hacker said he hacked tournament games ‘for fun’
On Sunday, the world of video games was shaken by a hacking and cheating scandal. During a competitive esports tournament of Apex Legends, a free-to-play shooter video game played by hundreds of thousands of players daily, hackers appeared to insert…
GitHub’s latest AI tool that can automatically fix code vulnerabilities
It’s a bad day for bugs. Earlier today, Sentry announced its AI Autofix feature for debugging production code and now, a few hours later, GitHub is launching the first beta of its code scanning autofix feature for finding and fixing…
Pokémon resets some users’ passwords after hacking attempts
The Pokémon Company said it detected hacking attempts against some of its users and reset those user account passwords. Last week, an alert was visible on Pokémon’s official support website that said, “Following an attempt to compromise our account system,…
Pokemon resets some users passwords after hacking attempts
The Pokemon Company said it detected hacking attempts against some of its users and reset those user account passwords. Last week, an alert was visible on Pokemon’s official support website, which said that “following an attempt to compromise our account…
Mintlify says customer GitHub tokens exposed in data breach
Documentation startup Mintlify says dozens of customers had GitHub tokens exposed in a data breach at the start of the month and publicly disclosed last week. Mintlify helps developers create documentation for their software and source code by requesting access…
Esports league postponed after players hacked midgame
On Sunday, two competitive esports players appeared to get hacked during a live streamed game, prompting the organizers to postpone the tournament. Players were competing in the Apex Legends Global Series, a competitive esports tournament for the popular shooter game…
Tech giant Fujitsu says it was hacked, warns of data breach
Multinational technology giant Fujitsu confirmed a cyberattack in a statement Friday, and warned that hackers may have stolen personal data and customer information. “We confirmed the presence of malware on multiple work computers at our company, and as a result…
How to verify a data breach
Over the years TechCrunch has extensively covered data breaches. In fact, some of our most-read stories have come from reporting on huge data breaches, such as revealing shoddy security practices at startups holding sensitive genetic information through to disproving privacy…
Google is changing how Chrome detects and warns you about unsafe sites
Google announced a major change to its Safe Browsing feature in Chrome today that will make the service work in real time by checking against a server-side list — all without sharing your browsing habits with Google. Previously, Chrome downloaded…
Google’s Safe Browsing protection in Chrome goes real-time
Google announced a major change to its Safe Browsing feature in Chrome today that will make the service work in real time by checking against a server-side list — all without sharing your browsing habits with Google. Previously, Chrome downloaded…
Ted Schlein’s 2-year-old Ballistic Ventures has already raised a second $360 million fund
After a shakeup at Kleiner Perkins a few years back, one of its star B2B investors, Ted Schlein, started his own firm. Ballistic has already closed a second fund, even bigger than the first. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.…
Nigeria’s Youverify raises $2.5M to enhance anti-money laundering compliance
Youverify, a Nigerian provider of identity verification and anti-money laundering (AML) solutions for banks and startups, secured a $2.5 million investment from Elm, which specializes in offering ready-made and customized digital solutions to public and private institutions in Saudi Arabia.…
A bug in an Irish government website that exposed COVID-19 vaccination records took two years to publicly disclose
The Irish government fixed a vulnerability two years ago in its national COVID-19 vaccination portal that exposed the vaccination records of around a million residents. But details of the vulnerability weren’t revealed until this week after attempts to coordinate public…
Four things we learned when US intelligence chiefs testified to Congress
Cyberattacks, regional conflict, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, commercial spyware, AI, misinformation, disinformation, deepfakes and TikTok. These are just some of the top perceived threats that the United States faces, according to the U.S. government’s intelligence agency’s latest global risk…
Four things we learned when US spy chiefs testified to Congress
Cyberattacks, regional conflict, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, commercial spyware, AI, misinformation, disinformation, deepfakes, and TikTok. These are just some of the top perceived threats that the United States faces, according to the U.S. government’s intelligence agency’s latest global risk…
Women in AI: Heidy Khlaaf, safety engineering director at Trail of Bits
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. We’ll publish several pieces throughout the…
As the Change Healthcare outage drags on, fears grow that patient data could spill online
A cyberattack at U.S. health tech giant Change Healthcare has ground much of the U.S. healthcare system to a halt for the second week in a row. Hospitals have been unable to check insurance benefits of in-patient stays, handle the…
Spyware makers express concern after US sanctions spyware veteran
Earlier this week, the U.S. government announced sanctions against the founder of a controversial government spyware maker, Tal Dilian, and his business associate, Sara Aleksandra Fayssal Hamou. In announcing the sanctions, U.S. Treasury officials accused Dilian and Hamou of developing…
Russian spies keep hacking into Microsoft in ‘ongoing attack,’ company says
On Friday, Microsoft said Russian government hackers continue to break into its systems using information obtained during a hack last year. This time, the Russian hackers dubbed Midnight Blizzard have targeted Microsoft’s source code and other internal systems, the company…
India’s Election Commission fixes privacy flaws that exposed citizens’ information-seeking data
India’s federal election commission has fixed flaws on its website that exposed data related to citizens’ requests for information related to their voting eligibility status, local political candidates and parties, and technical details about electronic voting machines. India is heading…
Reach Security taps a company’s existing tools to fight cyber threats
Thanks to an uncertain economy, cybersecurity budgets are in a tight spot. According to a 2023 survey from IANS and recruiting firm Artico Search, more than a third of chief information security officers (CISOs) kept their security spending the same…
Anonymous social apps face another reckoning as UNC System to ban Yik Yik, Fizz, Sidechat & Whisper
Anonymous social apps are in for a reckoning. Yes, again. This week, University of North Carolina (UNC) System President Peter Hans announced a plan to block the use of popular anonymous social apps on campus, including Yik Yak, Fizz, Whisper,…
Zama’s homomorphic encryption tech lands it $73M on a valuation of nearly $400M
Homomorphic encryption, a complex technique that uses cryptographic algorithms to keep data secure as it travels around networks and to third parties, continues to elude mass-market scalability and thus adoption — not least because currently, the complexity that makes it…
US sanctions founder of spyware maker Intellexa for targeting Americans
The U.S. government announced Tuesday sanctions against the founder of the notorious spyware company Intellexa and one of his business partners. This is the first time the U.S. government has targeted specific people, in addition to companies, with sanctions related…
Axonius, a specialist in cyber asset managment, secures $200M at a flat $2.6B valuation
Axonius, one of the bigger players in the world of enterprise asset management — understanding and monitoring the digital assets and infrastructure that make up an organization’s network — has raised $200 million more in funding to expand its business…
Elon Musk switched on X calling by default: Here’s how to switch it off
In his quest to turn a simple and functioning Twitter app into X, the everything app that doesn’t do anything very well, Elon Musk launched audio and video calling on X last week — and this new feature is switched…
Why Signal ‘turned our architecture inside out’ for its latest privacy feature
Adding usernames to a messaging app may seem like a standard feature, but for Signal, such identifiers were anathema to its mission of total privacy and security — until now. The upcoming 7.0 version adds usernames, but the company’s president,…
Should we ban ransom payments?
As cybercriminals continue to reap the financial rewards of their attacks, talk of a federal ban on ransom payments is getting louder. U.S. officials have long urged against paying ransom demands. But while several U.S. states — including North Carolina…
Thoma Bravo takes critical event management software company Everbridge private in $1.8B deal
Everbridge, a critical event management (CEM) software company, is going private in a $1.8 billion all-cash deal that will see it taken over by private equity giant Thoma Bravo — 20% more than what was originally announced last month.* Founded…
NSA says it’s tracking Ivanti cyberattacks as hackers hit US defense sector
The U.S. National Security Agency has confirmed that hackers exploiting flaws in Ivanti’s widely used enterprise VPN appliance have targeted organizations across the U.S. defense sector. NSA spokesperson Edward Bennett confirmed in an emailed statement to TechCrunch on Friday that…
A leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants
A technology company that routes millions of SMS text messages across the world has secured an exposed database that was spilling one-time security codes that may have granted users’ access to their Facebook, Google and TikTok accounts. The Asian technology…
A government watchdog hacked a US federal agency to stress-test its cloud security
A U.S. government watchdog stole more than one gigabyte of seemingly sensitive personal data from the cloud systems of the U.S. Department of the Interior. The good news: The data was fake and part of a series of tests to…
UnitedHealth confirms ransomware gang behind Change Healthcare hack amid ongoing pharmacy outages
U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group has confirmed a ransomware attack on its health tech subsidiary Change Healthcare, which continues to disrupt hospitals and pharmacies across the United States. “Change Healthcare can confirm we are experiencing a cyber security issue…
Popular video doorbells can be easily hijacked, researchers find
Several internet-connected doorbell cameras have a security flaw that allows hackers to take over the camera by just holding down a button, among other issues, according to research by Consumer Reports. On Thursday, the non-profit Consumer Reports published research that…
Silence Laboratories, a cryptographic security startup, secures funding
Silence Laboratories, a startup that builds infrastructure using multiparty computation (MPC) to help enterprises keep data private and safe, said it has raised a $4.1 million funding round. Pi Ventures and Kira Studio co-led the recent funding, which brings its total raised…