Security
Security news coverage encompasses investigative cybersecurity reporting and analysis on the latest security breaches, hacks and cyberattacks around the globe.
U.S. airports are rolling out facial recognition to scan travelers’ faces before boarding their flights. Americans, at least, can opt out.
Critics have long argued that wararantless device searches at the U.S. border are unconstitutional and violate the Fourth Amendment.
iCloud Private Relay has not been working for some Apple users across major markets, including the U.S., Europe, India and Japan.
With the CrowdStrike update continuing to cause havoc across the planet, a startup has raised $13.5 million to at least improve some level of security for the kinds of devices…
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Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps
Using stalkerware is creepy, unethical, potentially illegal, and puts your data and that of your loved ones in danger.
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Data breach exposes US spyware maker behind Windows, Mac, Android and Chromebook malware
Exclusive: The Minnesota-based spyware maker Spytech snooped on thousands of devices before it was hacked earlier this year.
A hacker claims to be selling data relating to thousands of current and former employees of India’s Piramal Group.
Several people who received the CrowdStrike offer found that the gift card didn’t work, while others got an error saying the voucher had been canceled.
The startup is not disclosing its valuation, but sources close to the company say the figure is just under $400 million post-money.
Cybersecurity firm Dragos and Ukrainian authorities found a cyberattack targeting critical infrastructure in Lviv.
Cybersecurity startup Wiz has turned down a $23 billion acquisition offer from Alphabet, Google’s parent company, according to a source familiar with discussions. Despite the offer representing a substantial premium…
On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan did a deep dive into the CrowdStrike outage that affected around 8.5 million Windows devices around the world,…
Late last week, there was a worldwide tech outage that affected everything from airports to banks to healthcare. Flights were grounded across the United States.…
Identity management is one of the most common fulcrums around which security breaches have pivoted in the last several years. One of the main reasons it has become the gift…
As a part of TechCrunch’s ongoing Women in AI series, which seeks to give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch interviewed Lakshmi…
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. TechCrunch’s sources heard similar and…
Around 8.5 million devices — less than 1 percent of Windows machines globally — were affected by the recent CrowdStrike outage, according to a Microsoft blog post by David Weston,…
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Faulty CrowdStrike update causes major global IT outage, taking out banks, airlines and businesses globally
Security giant CrowdStrike said the outage was not caused by a cyberattack, as businesses anticipate widespread disruption.
CISA confirmed the CrowdStrike outage was not caused by a cyberattack, but urged caution as malicious hackers exploit the situation.
The CrowdStrike outage that hit early Friday morning and knocked out computers running Microsoft Windows has grounded flights globally. Major U.S. airlines including United Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air…
CrowdStrike competes with a number of vendors, including SentinelOne and Palo Alto Networks but also Microsoft, Trellix, Trend Micro and Sophos, in the endpoint security market.
There’s a man in Florida right now who wants to propose to his girlfriend while they’re on a beach vacation. He couldn’t get the engagement ring before he flew down…
What we know about CrowdStrike’s update fail that’s causing global outages and travel chaos
Here’s everything you need to know so far about the global outages caused by CrowdStrike’s buggy software update.
From the Sphere to false cyberattack claims, misinformation runs rampant amid CrowdStrike outage
This serves as an example for how easy it is to spread inaccurate information online during a time of immense global confusion and panic.
Venture capital giant a16z fixed a security vulnerability in one of the firm’s websites after being warned by a security researcher.
The Mumbai-based firm said one of its multisig wallets had suffered a security breach, and it was temporarily pausing all withdrawals from the platform.
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USPS shared customer postal addresses with Meta, LinkedIn and Snap
The U.S. Postal Service confirmed it took action to “remediate” the data sharing following a TechCrunch investigation.
Hackers could create traffic jams thanks to flaw in traffic light controller, researcher says
A security researcher found that some traffic lights controllers are exposed on the internet and could be manipulated.
When the war between Israel and Hamas broke out last October, we examined its potential impact on the tech ecosystems in Israel and Palestine. Nine months later, the prevailing sentiment…
Pindrop builds deepfake-combatting and multi-factor authentication products targeting businesses in banking, finance and related industries.