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Kubernetes and sigstore founders raise $17.5M to launch software supply chain startup Stacklok
<p>After being instrumental in launching the Kubernetes open source project, Kubernetes co-founders Craig McLuckie and Joe Beda left Google to launch Heptio in 2016. They then sold the company to VMware in 2018. Both left VMware in 2022 and McLuckie went on to found a stealth startup after a short stint as an entrepreneur in […]</p>
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Mar 274 min read


KTrust Reinvents Kubernetes Security with Real-Time Attack SimulationsPublished on CloudWireHub
<p>KTrust, a Tel Aviv–based security startup, is taking a different approach to Kubernetes security from many of its competitors in the space. Instead of only scanning Kubernetes clusters and their configurations for known vulnerabilities, KTrust is taking a more proactive approach. It deploys an automated system that tries to hack into the system. This allows […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 252 min read


Your Android phone could have stalkerware — here’s how to remove it
<p>This simple guide helps you identify and remove common consumer-grade spyware apps from your Android phone.</p>
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Feb 204 min read


Microsoft to launch new custom chips for data processing, security
<p>Microsoft on Tuesday revealed new custom chips aimed at powering workloads on its Azure cloud and bolstering security, particularly a new hardware accelerator that can manage data processing, networking, and storage-related tasks. The Azure Boost DPU is Microsoft’s first data processing unit, designed for “data-centric workloads with high efficiency and low power,” the company said. […]</p>
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Nov 19, 20243 min read


How to verify a data breach
<p>Over the years, TechCrunch has extensively covered data breaches. In fact, some of our most-read stories have come from reporting on huge data breaches, such as revealing shoddy security practices at startups holding sensitive genetic information or disproving privacy claims by a popular messaging app. It’s not just our sensitive information that can spill online. […]</p>
Shashank Mishra
Mar 15, 202411 min read
GoDaddy says data breach exposed over a million user accounts
<p>Web hosting giant GoDaddy has reported a data breach, and warns that data on 1.2 million customers may have been accessed. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, GoDaddy’s chief information security officer Demetrius Comes said the company detected unauthorized access to its systems where it hosts and manages its customers’ WordPress servers. […]</p>
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Nov 22, 20212 min read
US education software company exposed personal data of 1.2M students
<p>SmarterSelect, a U.S.-based company that provides software for managing the application process for scholarships, exposed the personal data of thousands of applicants because of a misconfigured Google Cloud Storage bucket. The data spill, discovered by cybersecurity company UpGuard, contained 1.5 terabytes of data collected by a number of programs that offer financial support to students. […]</p>
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Nov 22, 20212 min read
Facebook to delay full E2EE rollout until ‘sometime in 2023’
<p>The company formerly known as Facebook is delaying a rollout of end-to-end encryption across all its services until “sometime in 2023”, according to Meta’s global head of safety, Antigone Davis, penning an op-ed in the British newspaper, the Telegraph this weekend. While Facebook-owned WhatsApp has had E2EE everywhere since 2016, most of the tech giant’s services […]</p>
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Nov 22, 20217 min read
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