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DOJ accuses US ransomware negotiators of launching their own ransomware attacks
U.S. prosecutors have charged two rogue employees of a cybersecurity company that specializes in negotiating ransom payments to hackers on…
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Government hackers breached telecom giant Ribbon for months before getting caught
U.S. telecommunications giant Ribbon has confirmed that government-backed hackers had access to its network for almost a year before getting…
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CEO of spyware maker Memento Labs confirms one of its government customers was caught using its malware
On Monday, researchers at cybersecurity giant Kaspersky published a report identifying a new spyware called Dante that they say targeted…
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LG Uplus is latest South Korean telco to confirm cybersecurity incident
LG Uplus, one of the largest telecom operators in South Korea, has confirmed to TechCrunch that it has reported a…
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Amazon DNS outage breaks much of the internet
An outage affecting web hosting giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) has taken out vast swathes of the web, including websites,…
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The ZoraSafe app wants to protect older people online and will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Apart from antivirus apps, the cybersecurity industry has traditionally been business to business, with regular internet users left on their…
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Homeland Security reassigns ‘hundreds’ of CISA cyber staffers to support Trump’s deportation crackdown
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reassigning hundreds of employees across several of its agencies to assist in the…
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Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors
Israeli spyware maker NSO Group has confirmed to TechCrunch that a U.S. investment group has acquired the company. NSO…
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Security bug in India’s income tax portal exposed taxpayers’ sensitive data
The Indian government’s tax authority has fixed a security flaw in its income tax filing portal that was exposing sensitive…
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The Young Minds App wants to protect and educate children online and will show its tech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
An app called Young Minds wants to give parents control over what their kids do on the internet, while also…
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A breach every month raises doubts about South Korea’s digital defenses
South Korea is world-famous for its blazing-fast internet, near-universal broadband coverage, and as a leader in digital innovation, hosting global…
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Event startup Partiful wasn’t stripping GPS locations from user-uploaded photos
Social event planning app Partiful, which calls itself “Facebook events for hot people,” has firmly replaced Facebook as the go-to…
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