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US sanctions Chinese cyber firm linked to Flax Typhoon hacks
<p>U.S. officials say the sanctioned Chinese firm provided botnet infrastructure for the China-backed hacking group Flax Typhoon</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 32 min read
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US sanctions Chinese cyber firm linked to Flax Typhoon hacks
<p>U.S. officials say the sanctioned Chinese firm provided botnet infrastructure for the China-backed hacking group Flax Typhoon</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 32 min read
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Online gift card store exposed hundreds of thousands of people’s identity documents
<p>The gift card store secured the public cloud storage server containing customer ID documents, which was not protected with a password.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 33 min read
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Online gift card store exposed hundreds of thousands of people’s identity documents
<p>The gift card store secured the public cloud storage server containing customer ID documents, which was not protected with a password.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 33 min read
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Cloudflare’s VPN app among half-dozen pulled from Indian app stores
<p>More than half a dozen VPN apps, including Cloudflare’s widely used 1.1.1.1, have been pulled from India’s Apple App Store and Google Play Store following intervention from government authorities, TechCrunch has learned. The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs issued removal orders for the apps, according to a document reviewed by TechCrunch and a disclosure made […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 32 min read
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Cloudflare’s VPN app among half-dozen pulled from Indian app stores
<p>More than half a dozen VPN apps, including Cloudflare’s widely used 1.1.1.1, have been pulled from India’s Apple App Store and Google Play Store following intervention from government authorities, TechCrunch has learned. The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs issued removal orders for the apps, according to a document reviewed by TechCrunch and a disclosure made […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 32 min read
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New details emerge in Cybertruck explosion outside Trump hotel in Vegas that left 1 dead, 7 injured
<p>A Tesla Cybertruck that exploded and burst into flames Wednesday morning just outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas has left one person dead and seven people injured, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). Matthew Alan Livelsberger, a 37-year-old man who was an active duty U.S. Army Green Beret from Colorado Springs, […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 24 min read
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New details emerge in Cybertruck explosion outside Trump hotel in Vegas that left 1 dead, 7 injured
<p>A Tesla Cybertruck that exploded and burst into flames Wednesday morning just outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas has left one person dead and seven people injured, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). Matthew Alan Livelsberger, a 37-year-old man who was an active duty U.S. Army Green Beret from Colorado Springs, […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 24 min read
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Chinese government hackers reportedly targeted US Treasury’s sanctions office during December cyberattack
<p>Chinese government hackers targeted the U.S. Treasury’s highly sensitive sanctions office during a December cyberattack, according to reports. According to The Washington Post, the state-sponsored hackers targeted the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a government department that imposes economic and trade sanctions against countries and individuals, to potentially access information on Chinese organizations that […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 21 min read
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Chinese government hackers reportedly targeted US Treasury’s sanctions office during December cyberattack
<p>Chinese government hackers targeted the U.S. Treasury’s highly sensitive sanctions office during a December cyberattack, according to reports. According to The Washington Post, the state-sponsored hackers targeted the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a government department that imposes economic and trade sanctions against countries and individuals, to potentially access information on Chinese organizations that […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 21 min read
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These were the badly handled data breaches of 2024
<p>Blaming victims, months of silence, and suing security researchers all featured in cybersecurity in 2024.</p>
Rahul Patil
Dec 31, 20248 min read
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US telco Lumen says its network is now clear of China’s Salt Typhoon hackers
<p>Lumen says there is ‘no evidence’ that customer data was accessed during the intrusion</p>
Rahul Patil
Dec 31, 20241 min read
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New Year’s cybersecurity resolutions that every startup should keep
<p>These simple cybersecurity resolutions can help keep your startup protected from most malicious hackers. </p>
Rahul Patil
Dec 31, 20244 min read
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US Treasury says China accessed government documents in ‘major’ cyberattack
<p>Treasury officials attributed the December theft of unclassified documents to China.</p>
Rahul Patil
Dec 30, 20242 min read
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Volkswagen leak exposed precise location data on thousands of vehicles across Europe for months
<p>The data was found exposed on an Amazon cloud server, and contained precise location data on thousands of vehicles.</p>
Rahul Patil
Dec 30, 20241 min read
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AT&T and Verizon say networks are secure after being breached by China-linked Salt Typhoon hackers
<p>U.S. telecom giants AT&T and Verizon say they have secured their networks after being targeted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon cyberespionage group. In a statement given to TechCrunch on Monday, AT&T spokesperson Alexander Byers said the company detects “no activity by nation-state actors in our networks at this time.” Verizon spokesperson Richard Young said in an […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Dec 30, 20242 min read
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Cyber firm’s Chrome extension hijacked to steal user passwords
<p>The data-loss startup says it was targeted as part of a “wider campaign to target Chrome extension developers.”</p>
Rahul Patil
Dec 27, 20243 min read
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Record-breaking ransoms and breaches: A timeline of ransomware in 2024
<p>From LoanDepot to Evolve Bank and Blue Yonder, these ransomware attacks affect tens of millions of people.</p>
Rahul Patil
Dec 27, 20246 min read
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Home for the holidays? Share this top cybersecurity advice with friends and family
<p>Sharing security advice can go a long way in protecting your loved ones from the most common and damaging online threats. </p>
Rahul Patil
Dec 25, 20245 min read
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Clop ransomware gang takes credit for latest mass hack that breached dozens of companies
<p>The prolific ransomware gang says it hacked at least 66 companies by exploiting a bug in tools made by Cleo Software.</p>
Rahul Patil
Dec 24, 20241 min read
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