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Florida draft law mandating encryption backdoors for social media accounts billed ‘dangerous and dumb’
<p>A digital rights group blasted the Florida bill, but lawmakers voted to advanced the draft law.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 17, 20252 min read
Former CISA director Chris Krebs vows to fight back against Trump-ordered federal investigation
<p>The former cybersecurity chief is the latest to push back on the Trump administration’s targeting of critics and dissenters.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 16, 20251 min read
Apple says zero-day bugs exploited against ‘specific targeted individuals’ using iOS
<p>One of the bugs was discovered by Google’s security researchers who investigate government-backed cyberattacks.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 16, 20252 min read
For security, Android phones will now auto-reboot after three days
<p>The update comes months after Apple pushed its own “inactivity reboot” feature.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 15, 20251 min read
Notorious image board 4chan hacked and internal data leaked
<p>The infamous website was taken down and working intermittently, while hackers leaked alleged data like moderators email addresses, and source code.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 15, 20253 min read
Hertz says customers’ personal data and driver’s licenses stolen in data breach
<p>The car rental giant attributed the breach to Cleo, whose customers had data stolen by a ransomware gang in 2024.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 14, 20252 min read
Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg’s voices
<p>The crosswalk buttons, which include audio alerts, were hacked over the weekend.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 14, 20252 min read
Trump orders federal investigation into former CISA director Chris Krebs
<p>Trump fired Krebs by tweet in 2020 after he publicly debunked Trump’s false claims of election fraud.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 10, 20252 min read
Court document reveals locations of WhatsApp victims targeted by NSO spyware
<p>The list of 1,223 victims in 51 countries hints at the “true scale of the spyware problem,” per one researcher.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 9, 20254 min read
Senator puts hold on Trump’s nominee for CISA director, citing telco security ‘cover up’
<p>Sean Plankey’s nomination to head up CISA will be blocked, for now.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 9, 20252 min read
Governments identify dozens of Android apps bundled with spyware
<p>The advisories say the spyware apps are used to target members of civil society who may oppose China’s state interests.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 9, 20252 min read
Google fixes two Android zero-day bugs actively exploited by hackers
<p>The most severe security bug can be exploited without user interaction, per Google.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 8, 20252 min read
UK’s demand for Apple backdoor should not be heard in secret, says court
<p>A UK surveillance court said the backdoor order targeting Apple iCloud can be heard partly in public.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 7, 20252 min read


Someone hacked ransomware gang Everest’s leak site
<p>“Don’t do crime,” the ransomware gang’s dark web leak site reads.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 7, 20251 min read
White House reportedly blames auto-suggested iPhone contact for Signal scandal
<p>How did Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg get added to a Signal group chat with Trump administration officials discussing their plans for an airstrike in Yemen? The simplest explanation: National Security Adviser Mike Waltz had Goldberg saved as a contact in his phone and accidentally added him. Indeed, when Waltz first claimed that Goldberg’s phone number […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 6, 20251 min read
Trump fires head of National Security Agency and Cyber Command
<p>Haugh’s firing has seemingly caught senior lawmakers by surprise</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 4, 20252 min read
OpenAI just made its first cybersecurity investment
<p>OpenAI just co-led a $43 million Series A into deepfake defense startup Adaptive Security.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 3, 20252 min read
Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures is raising $100M for a new fund
<p>Ted Schlein’s cybersecurity-focused Ballistic Ventures is raising $100 million for a new fund, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.</p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 3, 20252 min read


This sneaky Android spyware needs a password to uninstall. Here’s how to remove it without one.
<p>A simple trick can remove malicious Android spyware apps that require a password to uninstall. </p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 3, 20254 min read
A new security fund opens up to help protect the fediverse
<p>A new security fund aims to help apps in the fediverse — like Mastodon, Threads, and Pixelfed — to pay researchers for disclosing security bugs. </p>
Rahul Patil
Apr 2, 20252 min read
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