A hacking group called Department of Peace said they hacked a specific office within Homeland Security to protest ICE’s mass deportation campaign, and the companies aiding it. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original…
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Hackers and internet outages hit Iran amid U.S. air strikes
Users of a popular Iranian prayer app were flooded with phone notifications as U.S. air strikes hit Iran’s biggest cities, killing the country’s leader. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Hackers and…
Let’s explore the best alternatives to Discord
With many users feeling uneasy about Discord’s new age verification requirement, here are some alternatives that could be worth exploring. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Let’s explore the best alternatives to…
India disrupts access to popular developer platform Supabase with blocking order
India, one of Supabase’s biggest markets, is seeing patchy access after a government block order. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: India disrupts access to popular developer platform Supabase with blocking order
CISA replaces acting director after a bumbling year on the job
The U.S. cybersecurity agency’s acting director Madhu Gottumukkala will be replaced, after a year of cuts, layoffs, and staff reassignments, and allegations of security lapses and claims he struggled to lead the agency. This article has been indexed from Security…
Cisco says hackers have been exploiting a critical bug to break into big customer networks since 2023
The U.S. government and its allies said hackers have been exploiting the newly identified bug in Cisco networking gear around the world for years, and urged organizations to patch. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read…
Spyware maker sentenced to prison in Greece for wiretapping politicians and journalists
A Greek court on Thursday sentenced the founder of Intellexa, a collective of spyware makers, to eight years in prison for illegal wiretapping and privacy violations, according to several reports. Tal Dilian and three other Intellexa executives were tried for…
US cybersecurity agency CISA reportedly in dire shape amid Trump cuts and layoffs
Under the first year of the Trump administration, the U.S. cyber agency CISA has faced cuts, layoffs, and furloughs, as bipartisan lawmakers and cybersecurity industry sources say the agency is unprepared to handle a crisis. This article has been indexed…
Inside the story of the US defense contractor who leaked hacking tools to Russia
The former boss of a U.S. hacking tools maker was jailed for selling highly sensitive software exploits to a Russian broker. This is how we first learned of his arrest, reported the story, and some of the unanswered questions we…
Former L3Harris Trenchant boss jailed for selling hacking tools to Russian broker
Peter Williams, the former head of U.S. hacking tools maker L3Harris Trenchant, was sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing and selling his former company’s hacking and surveillance tools to a Russian firm. This article has been indexed from…
Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker accused of buying exploits stolen from US defense contractor
The U.S. Treasury announced it was imposing sanctions against a Russian broker of zero-day exploits, its founder and two affiliates, citing a threat to U.S. national security. Another affiliated zero-day broker in the United Arab Emirates was also sanctioned. This…
CarGurus data breach affects 12.5 million accounts
Automotive marketplace CarGurus was the target of a data breach in which the names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers were stolen. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original…
Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker accused of buying exploits stolen from U.S. defense contractor
The U.S. Treasury announced it was imposing sanctions against a Russian broker of zero-day exploits, its founder and two affiliates, citing a threat to U.S. national security. Another affiliated zero-day broker in the United Arab Emirates was also sanctioned. This…
Marquis sues firewall provider SonicWall, alleges security failings with its firewall backup led to ransomware attack
Fintech giant Marquis is suing its firewall provider SonicWall, claiming that an earlier breach with SonicWall allowed hackers to deploy ransomware on Marquis’ network. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Marquis sues…
Conduent data breach grows, affecting at least 25M people
The number of people affected by a data breach at government contractor giant Conduent is growing, as millions of people continue to receive notices warning them that hackers stole their personal data. This article has been indexed from Security News…
Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras
While some cities are moving to end their contracts with Flock over its links to ICE, others are taking matters into their own hands. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Americans are…
VPN flaws allowed Chinese hackers to compromise dozens of Ivanti customers, says report
Chinese hackers allegedly broke into the network of an Ivanti subsidiary in 2021. The hackers exploited a backdoor in its VPN product, which allowed the hackers to gain access to 119 other unnamed organizations. This article has been indexed from…
5 days left to lock in the lowest TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket rates
5 days to save up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket. These lowest rates of the year disappear on February 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register here. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original…
6 days left to lock in the lowest TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 rates
Super Early Bird pricing for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ends February 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. That means you have just 6 days left to secure up to $680 of ticket savings. This article has been indexed from Security News |…
Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today after alleged DDoS attack
Wikipedia editors have decided to remove all links to Archive.today, a web archiving service that they said has been linked to more than 695,000 times across the online encyclopedia. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read…