“One of the biggest vulnerabilities in companies is actually humans,” Crowdstrike co-founder and former CTO Dmitri Alperovitch told TechCrunch in this week’s episode of Equity. “The more you automate, the more opportunities there are for people to find vulnerabilities in…
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Data breach at newspaper giant Lee Enterprises affects 40,000 people
The ransomware attack paralyzed newspaper printing and disrupted operations at media outlets across the country for weeks. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Data breach at newspaper giant Lee Enterprises affects 40,000…
Android chipmaker Qualcomm fixes three zero-days exploited by hackers
Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which investigates government-backed hacks, was credited with the discovery of the zero-days. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Android chipmaker Qualcomm fixes three zero-days exploited by hackers
Phone chipmaker Qualcomm fixes three zero-days exploited by hackers
Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which investigates government-backed hacks, was credited with the discovery of the zero-days. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Phone chipmaker Qualcomm fixes three zero-days exploited by hackers
Indian grocery startup KiranaPro was hacked and its servers deleted, CEO confirms
The company said the cyberattack destroyed its servers and customer data. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Indian grocery startup KiranaPro was hacked and its servers deleted, CEO confirms
Health giant Kettering still facing disruption weeks after ransomware attack
A healthcare giant with dozens of facilities across Ohio is still recovering after shutting down nearly all its operations following a ransomware attack. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Health giant Kettering…
Vanta bug exposed customers’ data to other customers
The compliance company said the customer data exposure was caused by a product change. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Vanta bug exposed customers’ data to other customers
NSO Group asks judge for new trial, calling $167 million in damages ‘outrageous’
The spyware maker claims the damages it was ordered to pay are “excessive,” and that the jury wanted to “bankrupt” the company. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: NSO Group asks judge…
Eight things we learned from WhatsApp vs. NSO Group spyware lawsuit
The landmark trial between WhatsApp and NSO Group unearthed several new revelations. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Eight things we learned from WhatsApp vs. NSO Group spyware lawsuit
White House investigating how Trump’s chief of staff’s phone was hacked
Hackers reportedly accessed Wiles’ phone contacts, which were used to impersonate her. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: White House investigating how Trump’s chief of staff’s phone was hacked
US government sanctions tech company involved in cyber scams
The Treasury said FUNNULL was involved in providing infrastructure for pig butchering crypto scams. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: US government sanctions tech company involved in cyber scams
A decade in, bootstrapped Thinkst Canary reaches $20M in ARR without VC funding
Reflecting on 10 years since its launch, the honeypot maker explains why the company did not take on any VC funding. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: A decade in, bootstrapped Thinkst…
Security startup Horizon3.ai is raising $100M in new round
Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity startup that provides tools like autonomous penetration testing, is seeking to raise $100 million in a new funding round and has locked down at least $73 million, the company revealed in an SEC filing this week. NEA…
Victoria’s Secret hit by outages as it battles security incident
The fashion retailer’s outages began Monday. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Victoria’s Secret hit by outages as it battles security incident
Data broker giant LexisNexis says breach exposed personal information of over 364,000 people
The data collector said the stolen data includes Social Security numbers. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Data broker giant LexisNexis says breach exposed personal information of over 364,000 people
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Naukri exposed recruiter email addresses, researcher says
The recruiter website fixed the email address exposure earlier this week. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Naukri exposed recruiter email addresses, researcher says
Apple CEO reportedly urged Texas’ governor to ditch online child safety bill
Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to make changes to or veto a newly passed law in the state that would require the company to verify the ages of device owners, according to The Wall Street…
At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, Artemis Seaford and Ion Stoica confront the ethical crisis — when AI crosses the line
As generative AI becomes faster, cheaper, and more convincing, the ethical stakes are no longer theoretical. What happens when the tools to deceive become widely accessible? And how do we build systems that are powerful — but safe enough to…