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How victims of PowerSchool’s data breach helped each other investigate ‘massive’ hack

School workers say they resorted to crowdsourcing help among each other following PowerSchool's breach, fueled by solida...
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Governments call for spyware regulations in UN Security Council meeting

Several governments participated in a meeting on the proliferation of commercial spyware at the United Nations Security ...
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How Barcelona became an unlikely hub for spyware startups

Barcelona's mix of affordable cost of living and quality of life has helped create a vibrant startup community — and bec...
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US government charges operators of crypto mixing service used by North Korea and ransomware gangs

Three Russian citizens were charged with money laundering for their role in operating Blender.io and Sinbad.io crypto mi...
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Facebook awards researcher $100,000 for finding bug that granted internal access

A security researcher found a bug in a Facebook ad platform, which gave him access to the company’s internal infrastruct...
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Japan says Chinese hackers targeted its government and tech companies for years

The years-long hacking spree targeted government organizations as well as companies across Japan. © 2024 TechCrunch. All...
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These are the cybersecurity stories we were jealous of in 2024

The very best work from our friends at competing publications. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use ...
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Why Apple sends spyware victims to this nonprofit security lab

Cybersecurity experts, who work with human rights defenders and journalists, agree that Apple is doing the right thing b...
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Israeli spyware maker Paragon bought by U.S. private equity giant

The company's spyware, dubbed Graphite, is capable of hacking phones and stealing private communications. © 2024 TechCru...
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Serbian police used Cellebrite to unlock, then plant spyware, on a journalist’s phone

Amnesty said it found NoviSpy, an Android spyware linked to Serbian intelligence, on the phones of several members of Se...
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Russian government spies targeted Ukraine using tools developed by cybercriminals

Researchers say a hacking group linked to the FSB used tools developed by a cybercrime group to target Ukraine's Army an...
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Krispy Kreme discloses cyberattack that is disrupting online orders

Doughnut multinational Krispy Kreme disclosed a cyberattack that disrupted certain operations, including online ordering...
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US Senator announces new bill to secure telecom companies in wake of Chinese hacks

U.S. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden announced a new draft bill with the goal of securing American telephone networks and A...
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Ukraine says Russian hackers are targeting country’s defense contractors

Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) said in a report published over the weekend that a hacking group ha...
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Russian programmer says FSB agents planted spyware on his Android phone

Security researchers confirmed the programmer's phone had spyware, likely during a spell in Russian detention. The progr...
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Senators say U.S. military is failing to secure its phones from foreign spies

Senators Ron Wyden and Eric Schmitt are demanding the Department of Defense to do more to secure its telecommunications....
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Poland arrests former spy chief in Pegasus spyware probe

The former head of Poland’s internal security agency Piotr Pogonowski was forced to appear in front of a parliamentary c...
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The rise and fall of the ‘Scattered Spider’ hackers

The prolific hacking group broke into Caesars Entertainment, Coinbase, DoorDash, Mailchimp, Riot Games, Twilio (twice), ...
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US charges five accused of multi-year hacking spree targeting tech and crypto giants

The five alleged hackers are accused of stealing millions of dollars in crypto, and corporate data from several victims ...
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NSO Group admits cutting off 10 customers because they abused its Pegasus spyware, say unsealed court documents

Newly unsealed documents brought by a WhatsApp lawsuit shows NSO Group's spyware, Pegasus, was used to hack as many as "...
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New Apple security feature reboots iPhones after 3 days, researchers confirm

“Inactivity reboot" effectively puts iPhones in a more secure state by locking the user's encryption keys in the iPhone'...
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Lawyer allegedly hacked with spyware names NSO founders in lawsuit

Spanish lawyer Andreu Van den Eynde is suing NSO Group and its founders Omri Lavie and Shalev Hulio, accusing them of il...
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Snowflake hackers identified and charged with stealing 50 billion AT&T records

The U.S. Department of justice indicted two hackers for breaking into the systems of AT&T and several other compani...
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Canadian authorities say they arrested hacker linked to Snowflake data breaches

Alexander Moucka was arrested in October in Canada. Moucka is suspected of being linked to the series of Snowflake data ...
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How to make open source software more secure

Earlier this year, a Microsoft developer realized that someone had inserted a backdoor into the code of open source util...
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Wiz CEO explains why he turned down a $23 billion deal

Assaf Rappaport, the co-founder and CEO of cloud security startup Wiz, said that turning down a $23 billion offer from G...
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Prominent crypto critic says someone offered bribes to take down a blog post

Crypto critic Molly White received emails from a purported lawyer and someone working for a “reputation management compa...
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SEC fines four companies $7 million for ‘misleading cyber disclosures’ regarding SolarWinds hack

The SEC concluded that four tech companies misled investors and minimized the damage they suffered from the SolarWinds s...
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Researchers link Polyfill supply chain attack to huge network of copycat gambling sites

A supply chain hack targeting 100,000 websites was launched to redirect internet users to a massive online gambling netw...
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Feds arrest man who allegedly participated in hack of the SEC’s X account, boosting Bitcoin’s price

Eric Council Jr. and unnamed co-conspirators were allegedly behind the hack of the official @SECGov account on X. © 2024...
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