Google refused to tell a U.S. senator whether the company had received a secret U.K. surveillance order demanding access to encrypted data, similar to an order served on Apple earlier this year. This article has been indexed from Security News…
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Google won’t say if UK secretly demanded a backdoor for user data
Google said it has “never built a backdoor” for its services, but refused to rule out that it had received a secret U.K. surveillance order demanding access to encrypted data. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch…
Tea app’s second data breach exposed over a million private messages
Dating safety app Tea experienced a second data breach in as many weeks, exposing over a million sensitive messages between users. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Tea app’s second data breach…
Telecom giant Orange warns of disruption amid ongoing cyberattack
The telecom giant, one of the largest in the world with customers in Europe and Africa, said customers are experiencing ongoing disruption to its services due to an unspecified hack. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch…
Sex toy maker Lovense caught leaking users’ email addresses and exposing accounts to takeovers
A security researcher went public after the sex toy maker asked for more than a year to fix the vulnerabilities, which leak users’ private email addresses and allow for accounts to be hijacked. This article has been indexed from Security…
Trump’s cybersecurity cuts putting nation at risk, warns New York cyber chief
The top cybersecurity official in New York told TechCrunch in an interview that Trump’s budget cuts are going to put the government at risk from cyberattacks, and will put more pressure on states to secure themselves. This article has been…
New York state cyber chief calls out Trump for cybersecurity cuts
The top cybersecurity official in New York told TechCrunch in an interview that Trump’s budget cuts are going to put the government at risk from cyberattacks, and will put more pressure on states to secure themselves. This article has been…
Flights grounded as Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot hacked and systems ‘destroyed’
Russian prosecutor said it opened a criminal investigation into the cyberattack targeting Aeroflot, the largest airline in Russia. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Flights grounded as Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot hacked…
Flights grounded as Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot hit by cyberattack
Russian prosecutor said it opened a criminal investigation into the cyberattack targeting Aeroflot, the largest airline in Russia. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Flights grounded as Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot hit…
Dating safety app Tea breached, exposing 72,000 user images
Tea, an app that allows women to post anonymous comments about men they’ve supposedly dated, announced Friday that it has suffered a data breach, with hackers gaining access to 72,000 images. This article has been indexed from Security News |…
Allianz Life says ‘majority’ of customers’ personal data stolen in cyberattack
Exclusive: Allianz Life said the “majority” of its customers and employees had data stolen in the July cyberattack. The company said it has notified the FBI. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article:…
Google took a month to shut down Catwatchful, a phone spyware operation hosted on its servers
Google has suspended the Firebase account of Catwatchful following a TechCrunch investigation. The spyware operation was caught using Google’s own servers to host and run its surveillance app, which was stealthily monitoring thousands of people’s phones. This article has been…
Cybercrime forum Leak Zone publicly exposed its users’ IP addresses
Exclusive: The popular “leaking and cracking” forum left one of its databases exposed to the internet without a password, exposing the IP addresses of its users logging in. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the…
AI slop and fake reports are exhausting some security bug bounties
“We’re getting a lot of stuff that looks like gold, but it’s actually just crap,” said the founder of one security testing firm. AI-generated security vulnerability reports are already having an effect on bug hunting, for better and worse. This…
European authorities arrest alleged admin of notorious Russian crime forum XSS
French authorities say they wiretapped a server used by the administrator to access their private messages, which revealed activities relating to cybercrime and ransomware attacks. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: European…
Hundreds of organizations breached by SharePoint mass-hacks
One of the hacked organizations reportedly includes the U.S. agency responsible for maintaining the country’s stockpile of nuclear weapons. China-backed hackers have been observed carrying out the hacks targeting SharePoint servers. This article has been indexed from Security News |…
Apple alerted Iranians to iPhone spyware attacks, say researchers
Researchers say Apple sent out threat notifications to several Iranians in recent months, saying their iPhones had been hacked. Iran is likely behind the attacks. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Apple…
UK government wants ransomware victims to report breaches so it can carry out ‘targeted disruptions’ against hackers
Experts applauded the proposed change, which would require ransomware victims to notify authorities when paying a hacker’s ransom, arguing that this information can help catch cybercriminals and stop their activities. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch…
UK government wants ransomware victims to report cyberattacks so it can disrupt the hackers
Experts applauded the proposed change, which would require ransomware victims to notify authorities when paying a hacker’s ransom, arguing that this information can help catch cybercriminals and stop their activities. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch…
Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day
The tech giants have evidence that Chinese hackers are exploiting the new bug, but warned “multiple actors” are also hacking into affected SharePoint systems. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Google, Microsoft…