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Apple says Mac users targeted in zero-day cyberattacks

Apple said the security update for Macs, iPhones, and iPads is "recommended for all users." © 2024 TechCrunch. All right...
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PSA: You shouldn’t upload your medical images to AI chatbots

Security and privacy advocates have long warned that sensitive medical data can be used to train AI models, and expose p...
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CISA director Jen Easterly to depart agency on January 20

CISA's director will depart the agency after three years at the helm, as part of the "seamless transition" of government...
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T-Mobile says it was hacked, linked to Chinese breaches of telecom networks

This is the ninth known cyberattack to target T-Mobile in recent years, according to an ongoing count by TechCrunch. © 2...
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It’s the Senate’s last chance to pass the PRESS Act

The PRESS Act would protect a journalist's sources, and gained unanimous bipartisan support when passed by the House in ...
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FBI says hackers are sending fraudulent police data requests to tech giants to steal people’s private information

The warning is a rare admission from the FBI about the threat from fake emergency data requests submitted by hackers wit...
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Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division

This is the second layoff at Mozilla this year, the first affecting dozens of staff on the side of the organization that...
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The biggest underestimated security threat of today? Advanced persistent teenagers

These attacks are highly effective, have caused huge data breaches and resulted in huge ransoms paid to make the hackers...
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MoneyGram replaces CEO weeks after massive customer data breach

The CEO's removal comes soon after the company confirmed it had lost an unspecified amount of personal customer informat...
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UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare data breach affects over 100 million people in America

Health insurance giant UnitedHealth blamed a ransomware gang for the data breach that included a substantial proportion ...
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Apple will pay security researchers up to $1 million to hack its private AI cloud

Ahead of the debut of Apple’s private AI cloud next week, dubbed Private Cloud Compute, the technology giant says ...
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Microsoft said it lost weeks of security logs for its customers’ cloud products

Missing logs could make it more difficult to identify unauthorized access to the customers' networks during that two-wee...
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National Public Data, the hacked data broker that lost millions of Social Security numbers and more, files for bankruptcy

The data broker who lost one of the biggest databases of Social Security numbers in a data breach earlier this year, fil...
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MoneyGram says hackers stole customers’ personal information and transaction data

The money transfer giant said hackers also stole some customer Social Security numbers during the September cyberattack....
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The 30-year-old internet backdoor law that came back to bite

China reportedly hacked the wiretap systems required by U.S. internet providers under a 1994 U.S. wiretapping law. © 202...
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The TechCrunch Cyber Glossary

This glossary includes some of the most common terms and expressions we use in our articles, and explanations of how — a...
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Think you need a VPN? Start here.

Not everyone actually needs to use a VPN. This simple guide will help you decide if you need a VPN for your situation. ...
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VPN providers don’t protect your privacy online. Here’s what can.

You probably don't need a VPN. Instead, these free and open-source tools, and other services, can help protect your priv...
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Chipmaker Qualcomm lays off hundreds of workers in San Diego

This is the chipmaker's second round of layoffs over the past year, while the company recorded billions in revenue. © 20...
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Cisco’s second layoff of 2024 affects thousands of employees

Cisco's executives made tens of millions in compensation, while cutting thousands of jobs in two separate rounds of layo...
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U.S. government expands sanctions against spyware maker Intellexa 

This latest round of government sanctions land months after Intellexa's founder Tal Dilian was sanctioned for selling th...
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London’s transit agency drops claim it has ‘no evidence’ of customer data theft after hack

The London transport authority removes a claim that said there was no evidence that customer data was compromised during...
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Thousands of Avis car rental customers had personal data stolen in cyberattack

The car rental giant says personal information, credit card information, and driver's license numbers were stolen in the...
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For security, we have to stop picking up the phone

Today's scams can be as simple as picking up a phone call. To avoid the next fraud, there are good reasons to let your c...
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Transport for London outages drag into weekend after cyberattack

In a brief update ahead of the weekend, the London transport network said it has no evidence yet that customer data was ...
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Halliburton confirms data was stolen in ongoing cyberattack

The oil and fracking giant says it is "working to identify effects" of the ongoing cyberattack on its oil and fracking o...
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Russian government hackers found using exploits made by spyware companies NSO and Intellexa

Google said the findings were an example of how exploits developed by spyware makers can end up in the hands of "dangero...
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Ex-Twitter CISO Lea Kissner appointed as LinkedIn security chief

Kissner previously served as Twitter's chief information security officer, and held senior security and privacy position...
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The U.S. military’s latest psyop? Advertising on Tinder

Tinder removed the U.S. military ads, saying the campaign violated the company's policies. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...
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Halliburton shuts down systems after cyberattack

A company spokesperson for the oil drilling and fracking giant declined to name the executive overseeing cybersecurity, ...
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