Ted Schlein’s cybersecurity-focused Ballistic Ventures is raising $100 million for a new fund, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures is raising $100M for a…
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OpenAI just made its first cybersecurity investment
OpenAI just co-led a $43 million Series A into deepfake defense startup Adaptive Security. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: OpenAI just made its first cybersecurity investment
This sneaky Android spyware needs a password to uninstall. Here’s how to remove it without one.
A simple trick can remove malicious Android spyware apps that require a password to uninstall. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: This sneaky Android spyware needs a password to uninstall. Here’s how…
This sneaky Android spyware needs a password to uninstall. Here’s how to remove it without one
A simple trick can remove malicious Android spyware apps that require a password to uninstall. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: This sneaky Android spyware needs a password to uninstall. Here’s how…
A new security fund opens up to help protect the fediverse
A new security fund aims to help apps in the fediverse — like Mastodon, Threads, and Pixelfed — to pay researchers for disclosing security bugs. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: A…
Trump’s national security adviser reportedly used his personal Gmail account to do government work
Michael Waltz used his personal Gmail to share “potentially exploitable” information, per the report. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Trump’s national security adviser reportedly used his personal Gmail account to do…
Trump’s national security advisor reportedly used his personal Gmail account to do government work
Michael Waltz used his personal Gmail to share “potentially exploitable” information, per the report. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Trump’s national security advisor reportedly used his personal Gmail account to do…
Genetic sharing site openSNP to shut down, citing concerns of data privacy and ‘rise in authoritarian governments’
The open source repository of genetic data will delete its banks of data on April 30, its co-founder confirms. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Genetic sharing site openSNP to shut down,…
Someone is trying to recruit security researchers in bizarre hacking campaign
An obscure wannabe hacker’s tantalizing (and clearly sketchy) job offer has some security researchers asking, why? This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Someone is trying to recruit security researchers in bizarre hacking…
Oracle under fire for its handling of separate security incidents
Oracle has denied at least one breach, despite evidence to the contrary, as it begins notifying healthcare customers of a separate patient data breach. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Oracle under…
API testing firm APIsec exposed customer data during security lapse
The API testing firm took down a database exposed to the internet without a password. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: API testing firm APIsec exposed customer data during security lapse
“This isn’t ‘The Matrix’”
Last weekend, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, found himself at the center of a digital fiasco when he was unexpectedly added to a Signal group chat with 17 U.S. government officials who were discussing imminent airstrikes in Yemen. For…
“This isn’t the Matrix”
Last weekend, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, found himself at the center of a digital fiasco when he was unexpectedly added to a Signal group chat with 17 U.S. government officials who were discussing imminent airstrikes in Yemen. For…
Mozilla patches Firefox bug ‘exploited in the wild,’ similar to bug attacking Chrome
The bug fix comes days after Google fixed a similar vulnerability under attack in its Chrome browser. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Mozilla patches Firefox bug ‘exploited in the wild,’ similar…
Again and again, NSO Group’s customers keep getting their spyware operations caught
Despite the stealthy nature of spyware, security researchers keep detecting Pegasus spyware attacks in part because of sloppy ‘operational security.’ This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Again and again, NSO Group’s customers…
Mozilla patches Firefox bug ‘exploited in the wild’, similar to bug attacking Chrome
The bug fix comes days after Google fixed a similar vulnerability under attack in its Chrome browser. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Mozilla patches Firefox bug ‘exploited in the wild’, similar…
Signal downloads spike in the US and Yemen amid government scandal
The encrypted messaging app Signal is getting some unexpected attention this week. High-ranking officials in the Trump administration, including Vice President J. D. Vance and Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth, communicated the plans for an attack on the Yemeni Houthis…
Signal downloads spike in the U.S. and Yemen amid government scandal
The encrypted messaging app Signal is getting some unexpected attention this week. High-ranking officials in the Trump administration, including Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth, communicated the plans for an attack on the Yemeni Houthis via…
NHS vendor Advanced to pay £3M fine following 2022 ransomware attack
NHS vendor Advanced will pay just over £3 million ($3.8 million) in fines for not implementing basic security measures before it suffered a ransomware attack in 2022, the U.K.’s data protection regulator has confirmed. It’s half the fine that the…
Has GetReal cracked the code on AI deepfakes? $18M and an impressive client list say yes
The proliferation of scarily realistic deepfakes is one of the more pernicious by-products of the rise of AI, and falling victim to scams based on these deepfakes is already costing companies millions of dollars — not to mention the implications…