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Ox Security lands a fresh $60M to scan for vulnerabilities in code
<p>As “vibe coding” gains in popularity and tech companies push devs in their employ to embrace generative AI tools, a platform that scans for vulnerabilities in AI-generated code has raised a fresh round of funding. Ox Security, which models risk across both AI- and human-produced code, on Wednesday announced that it closed a $60 million […]</p>
Rahul Patil
May 7, 20252 min read
NSO Group must pay more than $167 million in damages to WhatsApp for spyware campaign
<p>The five-year legal battle between the Meta-owned company and the most notorious spyware maker in the world ends with a huge win for WhatsApp. </p>
Rahul Patil
May 6, 20253 min read
TeleMessage, a modified Signal clone used by US government officials, has been hacked
<p>A hacker has exploited a vulnerability in TeleMessage, which provides modded versions of encrypted messaging apps such as Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp, to extract archived messages and other data relating to U.S. government officials and companies who used the tool, 404 Media reported. TeleMessage came into the spotlight last week after it was reported that […]</p>
Rahul Patil
May 5, 20252 min read
GlobalX, airline used for Trump deportations, gets hacked: Report
<p>Hackers claiming to be part of the hacktivist group Anonymous claimed the data breach. </p>
Rahul Patil
May 5, 20251 min read


How Riot Games is fighting the war against video game hackers
<p>Riot’s “anti-cheat artisan” Phillip Koskinas explains how he and his team go after cheaters and cheat developers to protect the integrity of games, such as Valorant and League of Legends. </p>
Rahul Patil
May 3, 20257 min read


Dating app Raw exposed users’ location data and personal information
<p>The app claims it uses end-to-end encryption, but spilled its users’ dating preferences and granular location data to the open web.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 2, 20254 min read
Apple notifies new victims of spyware attacks across the world
<p>Two alleged victims came forward claiming they received a spyware notification from Apple. </p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 30, 20253 min read
UK retail giant Co-op warns of disruption as it battles cyberattack
<p>The U.K. grocery and retail giant said the unspecified cyber incident is affecting its back office and call centers.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 30, 20251 min read
Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail
<p>The ruling, which has yet to take effect, was ordered under India’s online blocking laws.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 29, 20252 min read


Government hackers are leading the use of attributed zero-days, Google says
<p>Governments like China and North Korea, along with spyware makers, used the most recorded zero-days in 2024.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 29, 20253 min read
Citizen Lab says exiled Uyghur leaders targeted with Windows spyware
<p>The researchers said the attackers behind the campaign had “deep understanding of the target community.”</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 28, 20251 min read
4chan is back online, says it’s been ‘starved of money’
<p>4chan is partly back online after a hack took the infamous image-sharing site down for nearly two weeks. The site first went down on April 14, with the person responsible for the hack apparently leaking data, including a list of moderators and “janitors” (one janitor told TechCrunch they were “confident” that the leaked data was […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 27, 20252 min read
Government officials are kind of bad at the internet
<p>Perhaps no one in the world has made such catastrophic tech flubs this year as U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The saga started when the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, reported that he had been mistakenly added to an unauthorized Signal group chat by U.S. National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, where numerous high-ranking […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 26, 20254 min read
The TechCrunch Cyber Glossary
<p>This glossary includes the most common terms and expressions TechCrunch uses in our security reporting, and explanations of how — and why — we use them.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 25, 202522 min read
Data breach at Connecticut’s Yale New Haven Health affects over 5 million
<p>Connecticut’s largest healthcare provider said it was hit by ransomware in March.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 25, 20252 min read
Blue Shield of California shared the private health data of millions with Google for years
<p>The health insurance giant is notifying at least 4.7 million patients of the security lapse.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 23, 20252 min read


Endor Labs, which builds tools to scan AI-generated code for vulnerabilities, lands $93M
<p>AI-generated code is no doubt changing how software is built, but it’s also introducing new security challenges. More than 50% of organizations encounter security issues with AI-produced code sometimes or frequently, according to a late 2023 survey by developer security platform Synk. For Endor Labs, that opportunity proved alluring enough that it chose to change […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 23, 20253 min read
Cynomi cinches $37M for its AI-based ‘virtual CISO’ for SMB cybersecurity
<p>Small and medium businesses are the latest targets for cybersecurity attacks, with one in three small businesses experiencing a data breach last year. SMBs are becoming more proactive in detecting and stopping these threats, and today a startup called Cynomi is announcing $37 million in funding to meet that demand. Insight Partners and Entrée Capital are co-leading […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 23, 20253 min read


Tech resilience, breakout startups, and banking reinvented: The big conversations at StrictlyVC London in May
<p>StrictlyVC is heading to London on May 13, uniting top investors and entrepreneurs to spark meaningful connections and drive forward innovation. We’re thrilled to welcome industry leaders like Nazo Moosa, general partner at Paladin Capital Group; Sonali De Rycker, partner at Accel; and TS Anil, CEO of Monzo Bank, to the stage. Paladin is proud […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 23, 20252 min read
Palantir exec defends company’s immigration surveillance work
<p>One of the founders of startup accelerator Y Combinator offered unsparing criticism this weekend of the controversial data analytics company Palantir, leading a company executive to push back with an extensive defense of Palantir’s work. The back-and-forth came after federal filings showed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — tasked with carrying out the […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 20, 20253 min read
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