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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.

Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps

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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.

Data breach exposes US spyware maker behind Windows, Mac, Android and Chromebook malware

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.

CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage

McGowan said she founded the company due to the rapid rise in cyber attacks these past years and the increased fears people have about cybersecurity.

After a 30-year career in IT, Protexxa founder raises $7.2M for cybersecurity employee hygiene

Cybersecurity firm Dragos and Ukrainian authorities found a cyberattack targeting critical infrastructure in Lviv.

Hackers shut down heating in Ukrainian city with malware, researchers say

CISA confirmed the CrowdStrike outage was not caused by a cyberattack, but urged caution as malicious hackers exploit the situation.

US cyber agency CISA says malicious hackers are ‘taking advantage’ of CrowdStrike outage

The global outage is a perfect reminder how much of the world relies on technological infrastructure.

These startups are trying to prevent another CrowdStrike-like outage, according to VCs

Here’s everything you need to know so far about the global outages caused by CrowdStrike’s buggy software update.

What we know about CrowdStrike’s update fail that’s causing global outages and travel chaos

Venture capital giant a16z fixed a security vulnerability in one of the firm’s websites after being warned by a security researcher.

Researcher finds flaw in a16z website that exposed some company data

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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.

USPS shared customer postal addresses with Meta, LinkedIn and Snap

A security researcher found that some traffic lights controllers are exposed on the internet and could be manipulated.

Hackers could create traffic jams thanks to flaw in traffic light controller, researcher says

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The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1 billion stolen records and rising

Some of the largest, most damaging breaches of 2024 already account for over a billion stolen records.

The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1 billion stolen records and rising

The Russia-based security software maker said its U.S. business is “no longer viable” following a U.S. Commerce Department sales ban.

Kaspersky to shut down US operations, lay off employees after US government ban

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What the AT&T phone records data breach means for you

The giant U.S. telco lost the information of around 110 million customers. Here’s what you need to know.

What the AT&T phone records data breach means for you

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AT&T says criminals stole phone records of ‘nearly all’ customers in new data breach

The stolen data includes 110 million AT&T customer phone numbers, calling and text records, and some location-related data.

AT&T says criminals stole phone records of ‘nearly all’ customers in new data breach

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Data breach exposes millions of mSpy spyware customers

A huge batch of mSpy customer service emails dating back to 2014 were stolen in a May data breach.

Data breach exposes millions of mSpy spyware customers

The capital will be used to expand in Europe, the U.S. and Asia.

Exein raised $15M Series B to stop robotic arms going haywire

Evolve has confirmed that the personal data of at least 7.6 million people was accessed during LockBit’s ransomware attack.

Evolve Bank says ransomware gang stole personal data on millions of customers

Roll20 said that on June 29 it had detected that a “bad actor” gained access to an account on the company’s administrative website for one hour.

Roll20, an online tabletop role-playing game platform, discloses data breach

Twilio says “threat actors were able to identify” phone numbers of people who use the two-factor app Authy.

Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users

The situation around a data breach that’s affected an ever-growing number of fintech companies has gotten even weirder. Evolve Bank & Trust announced last week that it was hacked and…

Newsletter writer covering Evolve Bank’s data breach says the bank sent him a cease and desist letter

Evolve, a popular financial institution for fintech startups, announced that a cyberattack affected “the data and personal information of some Evolve retail bank customers and financial technology partners’ customers.” 

Yieldstreet says some of its customers were affected by the Evolve Bank data breach

The news highlights that the fallout from the Evolve data breach on third-party companies — and their customers and users —  is still unclear.

Fintech company Wise says some customers affected by Evolve Bank data breach

The company “identified a security incident that involved bad actors targeting a limited number of HubSpot customers and attempting to gain unauthorized access to their accounts” on June 22.

HubSpot says it’s investigating customer account hacks

The remote access giant linked the cyberattack to government-backed hackers working for Russian intelligence, known as APT29.

Remote access giant TeamViewer says Russian spies hacked its corporate network

Fintech-friendly Evolve Bank disclosed a data breach, saying it may have impacted customers and partners.

Startups scramble to assess fallout from Evolve Bank data breach

U.S. prosecutors say the WhisperGate cyberattack was designed to “sow concern” among Ukrainian civil society ahead of Russia’s invasion.

US charges Russian civilian for allegedly helping GRU spies target Ukrainian government systems with data-destroying malware

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Kaspersky resellers deride US government ban: ‘Complete bulls—t’

“It’s just a lot of time lost for nothing,” a U.S.-based Kaspersky reseller told TechCrunch, following the news of a US sales ban.

Kaspersky resellers deride US government ban: ‘Complete bulls—t’

Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov says his company only employs around 30 engineers. Security experts say that raises serious questions about the company’s cybersecurity.

Telegram says it has ‘about 30 engineers’; security experts say that’s a red flag

Car dealerships and auto shops around the U.S. enter a second week of disruption following cyberattacks at software maker CDK.

Car dealership outages drag on after CDK cyberattacks